Synonyms of exemplars

exemplars

noun

plural of exemplar

1

as in examples

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

the village's 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 & Similar Words

• examples
• specimens
• samples
• instances
• illustrations
• representatives
• cases
• exemplifications
• prototypes
• indications
• paradigms
• archetypes
• cases in point
• classics
• manifestations
• evidences
• signs
• cross sections
• microcosms
• loci classici

2

as in models

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation

few of history's heroes were quite the exemplars that generations of schoolteachers made them out to be

Synonyms & Similar Words

• models
• examples
• ideas
• ideals
• paragons
• incarnations
• manifestations
• patron saints
• classics
• pinnacles
• nonpareils
• standards
• eidolons
• paradigms
• mirrors
• essences
• personifications
• phantoms
• principles
• nonesuches
• guidelines
• beau ideals
• touchstones
• role models
• archetypes
• embodiments
• epitomes
• pinks
• rules
• patterns
• culminations
• summits
• gauges
• zeniths
• apexes
• peaks
• acmes
• apotheoses
• quintessences

3

as in classics

the most perfect type or example

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classics
• ideals
• models
• perfections
• manifestations
• incarnations
• epitomes
• standards
• bywords
• prototypes
• paradigms
• avatars
• archetypes
• acmes
• apotheoses
• paragons
• zeniths
• benchmarks
• heights
• quintessences
• beau ideals
• personifications
• touchstones
• criteria
• abstracts
• ultimates
• incorporations
• embodiments
• yardsticks
• nonpareils
• last words
• meridians
• embodiers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exemplars

Summary Dolly Parton and Oscar Wilde, despite their vastly different origins, are celebrated as exemplars of authentic personal branding. — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

One of this model’s best exemplars is an object known as MoM-BH*-1, first found in JWST images from 2023 and the subject of a paper published today in Nature. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

Panegyrists of the American Century would hold up artists such as Pollock as exemplars of the new dynamism, the new liberty of free expression. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Melissa are prime exemplars of how to do it right — and you’re bound to discover both the ultra-luxury and the laid-back amidst Nordstrom’s bursting-at-the-seams sale section this May. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 May 2026

Between the historically high bar of OL Lyonnes and the recent surge of Barcelona, the two teams are shining exemplars of what’s possible with proper investment in women’s clubs. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 May 2026

The trio of titles making the rounds at Cannes are exemplars of the type of material Anonymous Content intends to pursue that this moment of great upheaval across film and TV. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 May 2026

The Dutch — forebears of our city and exemplars of cycling culture — require fast e-bikes to be licensed and insured as mopeds. — Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026

These warblers now join Amazonian butterflies, cichlid fish in Africa, as well as our own hominid lineage, as exemplars of this process of evolutionary sharing. — David Toews, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025