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archetype
Synonyms and Antonyms of archetype
- the abacus is sometimes cited as the archetype of the modern digital calculator
ancestor, antecedent, daddy, foregoer, forerunner, granddaddy (also grandaddy), precursor, predecessor, prototype
descendant (also descendent)
- Beowulf is considered by some scholars to be the archetype for medieval British heroic tales
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