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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most typical |
| Synonyms: | average, classic, clichéd, conventional, exemplary, hackneyed, model, most characteristic, paradigmatic, prime, quintessential, representative, standard, stereotypical, stock, textbook, trite |
| Antonyms: | atypical, unique |
| Main Entry: | ideal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | model, perfect |
| Synonyms: | Shangri-la, absolute, archetypal, classic, classical, complete, consummate, excellent, exemplary, fitting, flawless, have-it-all, indefectible, optimal, paradigmatic, pie-in-the-sky, prototypical, quintessential, representative, supreme |
| Notes: | ideal means conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; idealistic means of or pertaining to idealists or their theories, pursuing perfection |
| Antonyms: | flawed, imperfect, incorrect, problematic, wrong |
| Main Entry: | model |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical, ideal |
| Synonyms: | archetypal, classic, classical, commendable, copy, dummy, exemplary, facsimile, flawless, illustrative, imitation, miniature, paradigmatic, perfect, prototypical, quintessential, representative, standard, typical, very |
| Antonyms: | atypical, imperfect, unusual |
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earliest |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, archetypal, authentic, autochthonous, beginning, commencing, early, elementary, embryonic, first, first-hand, genuine, inceptive, infant, initial, introductory, opening, pioneer, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, prototypal, rudimental, rudimentary, starting, underivative, underived |
| Antonyms: | derivative, latest, newest |
| Main Entry: | proverbial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conventional, traditional |
| Synonyms: | accepted, acknowledged, archetypal, axiomatic, current, customary, famed, familiar, famous, general, legendary, notorious, self-evident, time-honored, typical, unquestioned, well-known |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, atypical, different, unconventional, unknown, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | representative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | characteristic, typical |
| Synonyms: | adumbrative, archetypal, classic, classical, delineative, depictive, emblematic, evocative, exemplary, ideal, illustrative, model, presentational, prototypal, prototypical, quintessential, rep, symbolic, symbolical |
| Antonyms: | atypical, different, uncharacteristic, unrepresentative |
| Main Entry: | typical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, conventional |
| Synonyms: | archetypal, archetypical, average, characteristic, classic, classical, common, commonplace, emblematic, essential, everyday, exemplary, expected, general, habitual, ideal, illustrative, in character, in keeping, indicative, matter-of-course, model, natural, normal, old hat, ordinary, orthodox, paradigmatic, patterned, prevalent, prototypal, prototypical, quintessential, regular, representative, standard, standardized, stock, suggestive, symbolic, typic, unexceptional |
| Antonyms: | atypical, different, rare, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual |
| Main Entry: | earliest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | first |
| Synonyms: | archetypal, original, primal, primeval, primitive |
| Antonyms: | latest |
| Main Entry: | archetypic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | typical |
| Synonyms: | archetypal, archetypical, characteristic, classic, classical, exemplary, model, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical, quintessential, representative, standard |
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