The original meaning of iconic was essentially "resembling an icon," but today it often describes what is so admired that it could be the subject of an icon.
When To Use What does iconic mean? If something or someone is considered iconic, they're very influential, recognizable, and revered, e.g., Rembrandt is an iconic painter.
1. Of, relating to, or having the character of an icon. 2. Symbolic, emblematic, or representative: a classroom scene that is iconic of what is wrong with the education system. 3. Having a conventional formulaic style. Used of certain memorial statues and busts.
Definition of iconic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
