PROTOTYPE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

prototype

noun

ˈprō-tə-ˌtīp

as in example

one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like a literary character who is regarded as the prototype of the fanatical and intolerant pursuer of justice

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as in forerunner

something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed the Greek epic that is the prototype of the hero myth

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as in original

something from which copies are made the manufacturer exhaustively tested the prototype of the vehicle before approving production

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Recent Examples of prototype The team was named one of the challenge’s 10 Phase I winners for its paper design and later secured a spot among the five Phase II winners with its one-third-scale prototype aircraft. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026 Ferrari unveiled the Lusso prototype at the 1962 Paris Motor Show, and produced only 350 examples in the short span of two years, from 1963 through 1964. —

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026 Those specs may very well change ahead of the prototype and production Wingcubes, as might targeted pricing. —

New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026 Matrix has already completed successful flight tests near Shanghai, bringing real size and real ambition to an industry still dominated by small prototypes. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prototype

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For example, Mermentau Cove previously used Mardi Gras funds to construct a pavilion for their graveyard and add flags to veterans' graves.

— Carlie Procell, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
For example, media scrutiny and social media attention around an executive’s relationship with Epstein could cost a Wall Street bank a lucrative role advising on an IPO or a mega merger.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026