Roget's Thesaurus

#22. Prototype

Nouns

prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type; archetype, antitype; protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm; lay-figure. text, copy, design; fugleman, keynote. die, mold; matrix, last, plasm; proplasm, protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp.

Verbs

be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy.

Phrases

a precedent embalms a principle [Lat.Tran] [Disraeli]; exempla sunt odiosa [Lat.].