Thesaurus results for ROLE MODELS

role models

noun

plural of role model

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someone who another person admires and tries to be like Parents need to be good role models for their children. Athletes should remember that they are role models.

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Recent Examples of role models Now, more than a decade later, current Aledo softball players are in the same position that Arneson was in and can serve as role models for the younger athletes in Aledo ISD. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026 Lots of famous real-world role models are also easy to name. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 Just like generations before, Gen Z is looking to role models for career success. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 May 2026 Virtue ethics, attributed to Aristotle, focuses on which character traits make one a good person, such as emulating virtuousness embodied by role models. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult. —

Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026 Dukes, the filings state, started looking up to people in the television and music industry because the male role models in his own life were in and out of jail. —

Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 As Mike and Carol Brady, Robert Reed and Florence Henderson were good role models for their fictional children, both as characters and professional actors. —

Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026 Just as Prefontaine, Ryun and Liquori inspired Chapa’s generation, the success of Rupp, Matthew Centrowitz, Cole Hocker and Grant Fisher at the Olympic and World Championship level has provided the role models that young American runners missed during the 20-year slump. —

Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Randy Colman, president and CEO of Goodman Jewish Family Services, thanked the survivors for being living examples of perseverance and strength.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
These examples are among the more tame messages — many are laced with profanity and references to violence.

— Maven Navarro June 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026