iconic

About 0.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. adjective Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.

   an iconic move in martial arts

3. adjective Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
4. adjective Representing something; symbolic.

   an iconic gesture in sign language

Similar words

symbolic emblematic reference token nominal typical famed famous celebrated symptomatic

Often followed by

and status representation memory signs image images sign representations

Word family

iconically