stand for, symbolize, typify, symbolise, represent - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"

mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

embody, personify, be - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

epitomise, epitomize, typify - embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"