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
• ideas
• examples
• ideals
• manifestations
• incarnations
• paragons
• pinnacles
• classics
• patron saints
• essences
• mirrors
• standards
• nonpareils
• eidola
• paradigms
• eidolons
• phantoms
• personifications
• principles
• nonesuches
• guidelines
• beau ideals
• touchstones
• role models
• archetypes
• embodiments
• epitomes
• pinks
• apices
• culminations
• rules
• patterns
• gages
• zeniths
• summits
• gauges
• 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
• perfections
• models
• manifestations
• incarnations
• epitomes
• standards
• bywords
• prototypes
• paradigms
• avatars
• archetypes
• acmes
• apotheoses
• paragons
• zeniths
• benchmarks
• heights
• quintessences
• beau ideals
• personifications
• touchstones
• criterions
• criteria
• abstracts
• ultimates
• incorporations
• embodiments
• yardsticks
• nonpareils
• last words
• meridians
• embodiers