'Prototype' definitions:
Definition of 'prototype'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Prototype'
From: GCIDE
- Prototype \Pro"to*type\, n. [F., from L. prototypus original, primitive, Gr. ?, ?; ? first + ? type, model. See Proto-, and Type] An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype. [1913 Webster]
- They will turn their backs on it, like their great precursor and prototype. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prototype'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthetic form,
- analogue,
- ancestor,
- antecedent,
- antetype,
- antitype,
- archetype,
- art form,
- biotype,
- build,
- cast,
- classic,
- classic example,
- complex idea,
- configuration,
- conformation,
- criterion,
- cut,
- epitome,
- eternal object,
- eternal universal,
- example,
- exemplar,
- fashion,
- figuration,
- figure,
- first,
- foregoer,
- form,
- formal cause,
- format,
- formation,
- frame,
- fugleman,
- fugler,
- Geistesgeschichte,
- genotype,
- genre,
- Hegelian idea,
- highest category,
- history of ideas,
- ideal,
- idealism,
- ideate,
- ideatum,
- idee-force,
- illustration,
- imitatee,
- impression,
- innate idea,
- inner form,
- innovation,
- instance,
- Kantian idea,
- layout,
- lead,
- make,
- makeup,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- matrix,
- metaphor,
- mirror,
- modality,
- mode,
- model,
- mold,
- mould,
- new departure,
- noosphere,
- norm,
- noumenon,
- original,
- paradigm,
- paragon,
- pattern,
- pattern of perfection,
- percept,
- pilot model,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- quintessence,
- referent,
- regulative first principle,
- representative,
- rule,
- sample,
- set,
- shape,
- significant form,
- simple idea,
- stamp,
- standard,
- structure,
- style,
- subsistent form,
- the Absolute,
- the Absolute Idea,
- the realized ideal,
- the Self-determined,
- transcendent idea,
- transcendent nonempirical concept,
- transcendent universal,
- turn,
- type,
- type species,
- type specimen,
- universal,
- universal concept,
- universal essence,
- urtext,
- very model