Archetype and Dummy

Archetype

Archetype noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.

Dummy is an antonym for archetype.

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Dummy

Dummy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the pistol actually used in the assassination

Archetype is an antonym for dummy.

Nearby Word: dummied

How words are described

old old archetype old dummy
good good archetype good dummy
actual actual archetype actual dummy
real real archetype real dummy
Other adjectives: male, little, main, new, shy, different, recurring, giant.
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