Thesaurus results for GLYPH

glyph

noun

ˈglif

as in symbol

a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader a rock inscribed with mysterious glyphs that some have speculated as being of Norse origin

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Recent Examples of glyph Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type. —

The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025 Notifications: Long-press the glyph button to check caller ID (available with an OTA update later in July). —

Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 In the process, these scripts shed their ties to physical objects and actions, so that the objects their glyphs once depicted have little or no bearing on their current meaning: the characters in a script are abstract symbols, not descriptive icons. —

Longreads, 1 July 2025 These abstract compositions at times appear to coalesce into visual language systems—in Dream, 2024, for example, repeating geometric motifs suggest the formation of glyphs—thereby establishing an intimate dialogue between mother and daughter that transcends delineations of space and time. —

Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for glyph

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Safavi said symbols of the state have been targeted nationwide.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
More importantly, the Venezuelan people deserve the chance to rebuild their society without fear and without being reduced to symbols in someone else's geopolitical argument.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2026