Synonyms of the word

epitome

• n. (of a class of items) The embodiment or encapsulation of.
• n. (of a class of items) A representative example.
• n. (of a class of items) The height; the best.
• n. (of a written document) A brief summary.

abstract

• n. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
• n. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
• n. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
• n. The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
• n. (art) An abstract work of art.
• n. (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of…
• adj. (obsolete) Derived; extracted.
• adj. (now rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
• adj. Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object.
• adj. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general,…
• adj. Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
• adj. (archaic) Absent-minded.
• adj. (art) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships…
• adj. Insufficiently factual.
• adj. Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
• adj. (grammar) As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
• adj. (computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than…
• v. (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
• v. (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
• v. (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
• v. (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically;…
• v. (intransitive, reflexive, literally figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
• v. (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
• v. (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
• v. (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used…

example

• n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
• n. Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
• n. Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated…
• n. A person punished as a warning to others.
• n. A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
• n. An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise…
• v. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

image

• n. An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
• n. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
• n. (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image,…
• n. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to…
• n. (mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.
• n. (mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
• n. (obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.
• v. (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
• v. (transitive) To reflect, mirror.
• v. (transitive) To create an image of.
• v. (transitive, computing) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

model

• n. A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also…
• n. A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given…
• n. A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
• n. A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
• n. A style, type, or design.
• n. The structural design of a complex system.
• n. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
• n. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
• n. (logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called…
• n. A particular style, design, or make of a particular product.
• n. (manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number).
• n. (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
• n. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
• n. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part…
• adj. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
• v. (transitive) To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the…
• v. (transitive) To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model.
• v. (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
• v. (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
• v. (intransitive) To make a model or models.
• v. (intransitive) To be a model of any kind.

outline

• n. A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
• n. The outer shape of an object or figure.
• n. A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
• n. A general description of some subject.
• n. A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
• n. A preliminary plan for a project.
• n. (film industry) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and…
• v. (transitive) To draw an outline of something.
• v. (transitive) To summarize something.

paradigm

• n. A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
• n. An example serving as a model or pattern; a template.
• n. (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional…
• n. A conceptual framework—an established thought process.
• n. A way of thinking which can occasionally lead to misleading predispositions; a prejudice. A route of mental…
• n. A philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas (namely biases which could possibly make the practitioner…

precis

• n. Alternative spelling of précis.

prototype

• n. An original object or form which is a basis for other objects, forms, or for its models and generalizations.
• n. An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
• n. (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
• n. (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters but none…
• v. To create a prototype of.

synopsis

• n. A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or…
• n. (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.