Exemplar and Representative

Exemplar

Exemplar noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: 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
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Synonyms for Exemplar

Representative is a synonym for exemplar. In some cases you can use "Representative" instead a noun "Exemplar".

Nearby Word: exemplary

Representative

Representative noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: this song is a fairly good representative of the other songs on the album

Exemplar is a synonym for representative in typical example topic. You can use "Exemplar" instead a noun "Representative".

How words are described

good good exemplar good representative
prime prime exemplar prime representative
chosen chosen exemplar chosen representative
real real exemplar real representative
Other adjectives: beautiful, major, local.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / Wedding Peach Abridged Later Momoko, to show off her learning as a classicist, argues that the choice of Aphrodite as the guardian of love and marriage is a laughable concept as Hera would have been a more representative exemplar of these qualities.
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