iconic

Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.

Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.

an iconic move in martial arts

And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.

Famously and distinctively representative of its type.

For younger musicians, Coltrane’s death became one of those iconic events that stays vividly in the mind.

She angrily turned, giving me my favorite view, that iconic view of a woman from the rear.

Representing something; symbolic.

an iconic gesture in sign language

A portrait of a person is to a considerable extent iconic, but is not completely so since the painted canvas does not have the texture of the skin, or the capacities for speech and motion, […]