iconic

IPA: aɪkˈɑnɪk

Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
(figurative) Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
(linguistics, semiotics) Representing something; symbolic.

Examples of "iconic" in Sentences

Few labels are so recklessly applied as the word "iconic".
The word iconic gets thrown around way too often, but in the case of the Jeep it qualifies.
I'm not taking away from what was achieved or the bravery displayed but the term iconic suggests somewhat modern images.
Late last week, Noonan made a rather personal attack on Obama for what she described as his iconic bow to the emperor of Japan.
Although the term iconic is increasingly used to mean simply prominent or attention-getting buildings, architectural icons embody specific messages.
Brimming with both vagueness and import, the label "iconic" has been slapped on everything from fashion to corporate logos, public buildings to television characters.
Dressed in white, she wandered round the Acropolis "which surely defines the word 'iconic' ", revealed that this is "the largest ancient building created entirely from marble" and claimed that "from the White House to the Bank of England, its architecture had been slavishly copied".
What must be said, though, is that in an age when the word "iconic" has become a synonym for "vaguely familiar if you're particularly interested in that sort of thing", teenage Reece Topley's start to the County Championship season is already only a couple of wickets short of being "totally unforgettable".