} else if (isView()) {
             return "view.gif";
         } else {
-            return (this.entity.exists() == null || this.entity.exists().booleanValue()) 
-                ? "bigtable.gif" : "missingtable.gif";
+            if (this.entity.exists() == null || this.entity.exists().booleanValue()){
+               if (this.entity.isSynonym())
+                       return "big_syn_table.gif";
+               else
+                       return "bigtable.gif";
+            } else
+               return "missingtable.gif";
+   
+   
         }
     }