Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun totem_pole

1 sense of totem pole

Sense 1
totem pole -- (a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast)
       => column, pillar -- (a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument))
       => emblem -- (special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.)