'Exemplar' definitions:
Definition of 'exemplar'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" [syn: exemplar, example, model, good example]
Definition of 'Exemplar'
From: GCIDE
- Exemplar \Ex*em"plar\, n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]
- 1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives. [1913 Webster]
- Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] --Udall. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exemplar'
From: GCIDE
- Exemplar \Ex*em"plar\, a. Exemplary. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The exemplar piety of the father of a family. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exemplar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archetype,
- beau ideal,
- case,
- case in point,
- classic,
- complex idea,
- demonstration,
- emblem,
- eternal object,
- eternal universal,
- example,
- exemplification,
- explanation,
- exponent,
- formal cause,
- Geistesgeschichte,
- good example,
- Hegelian idea,
- highest category,
- history of ideas,
- ideal,
- idealism,
- ideate,
- ideatum,
- idee-force,
- illustration,
- innate idea,
- instance,
- Kantian idea,
- man of men,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- mirror,
- model,
- nonpareil,
- noosphere,
- noumenon,
- object lesson,
- paradigm,
- paragon,
- pattern,
- pattern of perfection,
- percept,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- prototype,
- quintessence,
- regulative first principle,
- relevant instance,
- representative,
- shining example,
- simple idea,
- soul,
- standard,
- subsistent form,
- symbol,
- the Absolute,
- the Absolute Idea,
- the realized ideal,
- the Self-determined,
- transcendent idea,
- transcendent nonempirical concept,
- transcendent universal,
- type,
- typical example,
- universal,
- universal concept,
- universal essence,
- very model