EPITOME Synonyms

• a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

• a type of product

• a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

• representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

• something to be imitated

• someone worthy of imitation

• a representative form or pattern

• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

• worthy of imitation

• plan or create according to a model or models

• form in clay, wax, etc

• assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• display (clothes) as a mannequin

• create a representation or simulation of

• construct a model in the likeness of

• model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

• the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

• a new personification of a familiar idea

• a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

• giving concrete form to an abstract concept

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

• of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

• the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

• model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

• conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

• constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception

• an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

• model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

• a person who represents an abstract quality

• representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

• the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

• the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

• the purest and most concentrated essence of something

• the most typical example or representative of a type

• an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

• make off with belongings of others

• consider apart from a particular case or instance

• give an abstract (of)

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the highest point (of something)

• highest in quality

• representing the perfect example of a class or quality

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

• printed characters

• all of the tokens of the same symbol

• a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper

• write by means of a keyboard with types

• identify as belonging to a certain type

• a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes

• an iconic mental representation

• (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• a standard or typical example

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

• the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public

• a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

• render visible, as by means of MRI

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

• a standard or typical example

• the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

• the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

• a standard or typical example