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iconic

Definition for iconic

adjective as in emblematic

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Example Sentences

I would hike each morning through Brooklyn, over that borough’s iconic bridge, to Fortune’s offices in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport.

From Fortune

Paulson is playing Nurse Mildred Ratched, one of the most iconic villains in movie history.

After reaching an agreement to buy the jeweler, Arnault described it as an “iconic, emblematic brand of America, with a great history,” and said the deal would boost its prospects in Europe and China.

From Fortune

Bell Labs, the iconic company that developed the laser, the transistor, and many of the 20th century’s most innovative technologies, offers an example.

From Fortune

Singaporeans have speculated for months about the origins of the mysterious orb floating on the waterfront next to the city’s iconic Marina Bay Sands Hotel.

From Fortune

Not only had the iconic comedian sexually assaulted many, many women, Maher argued, “I never thought he was funny.”

The Guaraldi music is certainly at least 50 percent responsible for A Charlie Brown Christmas becoming as iconic as it has.

In “Sleigh Ride,” the narrator is painting a scene so perfect that it could be featured on an iconic Currier and Ives print.

Phonetic, made-up lyrics are another venerable tradition of folk music, and “pa-rum-pa-pa-pum” is iconic of the genre.

At Michigan, he would be a formidable recruiter, able to evoke the tradition of his former iconic coach, Bo Schembechler.

But without some corroborative evidence it is hardly safe to take these as genuine examples of early iconic worship.

She is the invariant of each of her iconic Mantrams and her surroundings are the variables that enter and leave the screen.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to iconic, such as: archetypal, epochal, exemplary, paradigmatic, quintessential, and recognizable.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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