Synonyms for example
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Exemplar
exemplar, model, type, pattern, paradigm, ideal, standard, archetype, prototype, mirror, exemplificator formal rare
2. Instance
instance, illustration, case in point, exemplification, precedent, representative, exponent, sample dated
3. Object lesson
Definitions
- n. 1
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- n. 2
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- n. 3
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.
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Forms
- Plural
- examples → exemplars, models, types, patterns…
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exemplum) example derives the seemingly contradictory meanings, on the one hand of a pattern or model, and on the other hand of a warning--a sample or specimen of what is to be followed, or of what is to be shunned.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- type This is the same type of camera as the one I lost.
- model He is very taken up with building model airplanes.
- ideal There couldn’t be a more ideal solution than that.
- instance For instance, "delight" is the opposite of "sorrow."
- illustration She gave an illustration of how to pitch a tent.
By length
- 4 letters
- type1
- 5 letters
- model2, ideal2
- 6 letters
- mirror2, sample2, lesson2, byspel
- 7 letters
- pattern2, warning2
- 8 letters
- standard2, exercise3, instance2, specimen3, paradigm3, exponent3, exemplar3, exemplum3, ensample
- 9 letters
- prototype3, precedent3, archetype3
- 12 letters
- illustration4
- 14 letters
- representative5, exemplificator
- 15 letters
- exemplification
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (model2 = 2 syllables).