icon

noun

(graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.

(Internet, informal) An image used to represent a user; an avatar or profile picture.

(by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.

(religion, especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.

(linguistics, semiotics) A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

Acronym of index currency option note, a type of financial instrument.

Roots

eikonicon- · Greek · image, likeness

Synonyms for icon

imagen symboln picturen

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Where does icon come from?

The word icon breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root icon-, from Greek eikon (“image, likeness”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.