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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or having the characteristics on an icon

Merriam Webster's

adjective see icon

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or having the nature of an image or portrait. 2 (of a statue) following a conventional type. 3 Linguistics that is an icon. Derivatives: iconicity n. (esp. in sense 3). Etymology: L iconicus f. Gk eikonikos (as ICON)

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An iconic image or thing is important or impressive because it seems to be a symbol of something. (FORMAL) The ads helped Nike to achieve iconic status. ADJ