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".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- model and exemplar
- model and representative
- ideal and exemplar
- ideal and representative
- epitome and exemplar
- epitome and representative
- type and exemplar
- type and representative
- pattern and exemplar
- pattern and representative
- case and exemplar
- case and representative
- standard and exemplar
- standard and representative
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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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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