HIEROGLYPHS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word hieroglyphs. (close relations)
hieroglyph
Best Alternative Words for HIEROGLYPHS
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marks | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) | ||||||||
characters | nounn | |||||||
noun • an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) • a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something • the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions • an actor's portrayal of someone in a play • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) • good repute • a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability • a written symbol that is used to represent speech • (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes verb • engrave or inscribe characters on | ||||||||
emblems | nounn | |||||||
noun • special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. • a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | ||||||||
figures | nounn | |||||||
noun • a diagram or picture illustrating textual material • alternative names for the body of a human being • one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration • a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) • a well-known or notable person • a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape • an amount of money expressed numerically • the impression produced by a person • the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense • a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground • a decorative or artistic work • a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating verb • judge to be probable • be or play a part of or in • imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind • make a mathematical calculation or computation • understand | ||||||||
glyphs | nounn | |||||||
noun • glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | ||||||||
icons | nounn | |||||||
noun • (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface • a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface • a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church | ||||||||
pictograms | nounn | |||||||
noun • A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration. | ||||||||
signs | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) • a public display of a message • any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message • structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted • (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided • (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease • having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) • an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come • a gesture that is part of a sign language • a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified • a character indicating a relation between quantities adjective satellite • used of the language of the deaf verb • mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) • approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation • be engaged by a written agreement • engage by written agreement • communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs • place signs, as along a road • communicate in sign language • make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | ||||||||
symbols | nounn | |||||||
noun • an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance • something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible | ||||||||
hieroglyphic | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • resembling hieroglyphic writing • written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols noun • writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) • a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt |