Symbolise is a term used to describe the act of using something to REPRESENT or stand for something else. TYPIFY, EMBODY, DENOTE, REPRESENT and EXPRESS are all words that can be used to symbolise something. TYPIFY means to REPRESENT or exemplify a type or class of things, while EMBODY means to REPRESENT or EXPRESS in concrete form. DENOTE means to indicate or signify, while REPRESENT means to stand in place of or serve as a substitute for something else. Finally, EXPRESS means to REPRESENT in words or symbols. All of these words can be used to symbolise something, making them synonyms of the term symbolise.