Exemplar
Exemplar noun - Someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation.
Usage example: few of history's heroes were quite the exemplars that generations of schoolteachers made them out to be
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Synonyms for Exemplar
Rule and exemplar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rule" instead a noun "Exemplar".
Nearby Word: exemplary
Rule
Rule noun - A statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.
How words are described
| particular | particular exemplar | particular rule |
| common | common exemplar | common rule |
| obvious | obvious exemplar | obvious rule |
| real | real exemplar | real rule |
Both words in one sentence
- Expect also that due to the protagonist being an exemplar of good, the rule only applies if the villain wins, but if the hero wins, the villain doesn't have to leave town.
Source: Loser Leaves Town - Menoth's Knights Exemplar in WARMACHINE have the "Bond of Brotherhood" rule which causes the remaining members of the unit to grow stronger for each other that has died.
Source: Kill One, Others Get Stronger -
It should also be noted that the First Law is in full effect in the Whateley 'verse — as a rule, it is not possible to undo or really change an Exemplar mutation.
Source: Gender Bender
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Rule and Exemplar. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exemplar/rule
Exemplar & Rule. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exemplar/rule>.
Rule or Exemplar. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exemplar/rule.
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