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exemplar

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of exemplar

1 one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like

the villageʼs Congregational church could serve as an exemplar of the white clapboard church with a steeple that is a fixture in old New England towns

Synonyms of exemplar

case, example, exemplification, illustration, instance, prototype, representative, sample, specimen

Words Related to exemplar

archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm

cross section, microcosm

evidence, indication, manifestation, sign

Phrases Synonymous with exemplar

case in point

2 someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation

few of historyʼs heroes were quite the exemplars that generations of schoolteachers made them out to be

Synonyms of exemplar

beau ideal, classic, eidolon, idea, ideal, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, patron saint

Words Related to exemplar

role model

embodiment, epitome, incarnation, manifestation, personification, phantom, pink

archetype, example, mirror, paradigm, pattern

guideline, principle, rule

gauge (also gage), standard, touchstone

essence, quintessence

acme, apex, apotheosis, culmination, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith

3 the most perfect type or example

the paintings of the French painter Claude Monet are often regarded as exemplars of Impressionism

Synonyms of exemplar

acme, apotheosis, beau ideal, byword, classic, epitome, ideal, perfection, quintessence

Words Related to exemplar

archetype, model, prototype

paradigm, standard

nonpareil, paragon

abstract, avatar, embodier, embodiment, incarnation, incorporation, manifestation, personification

height, last word, meridian, ultimate, zenith

benchmark, criterion, touchstone, yardstick

Synonym Discussion of exemplar

model, example, pattern, exemplar, ideal mean someone or something set before one for guidance or imitation. model applies to something taken or proposed as worthy of imitation.