typify
Serve as standard
To typify something is to serve as a typical example of it.
A person or thing typifies a category by embodying its essential characteristics: Her career typifies the struggles of working mothers.
The word can also mean to represent symbolically or to foreshadow: The lamb typifies innocence.
Represent through instance
- embodyExpress through physical form
- personifyRepresent as human
- epitomizeRepresent the essence of
- illustrateExplain through depiction
demonstrate · characterize · symbolize · represent · manifest · incarnate · encapsulate · express
Perfect representative of type
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
- apotheosisPeak or deification
distillation · crystallization · ideal · perfection · purest · pinnacle · acme · paragon
Detailed technical drawing
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- moldForm-giving container
- frameworkUnderlying support system
specimen · sample · example · reference · design · schema · form · guideline
Assign to distinct groups
- classifyArrange by shared traits
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- pigeonholeClassify too rigidly
generalize · group · sort · brand · tag · characterize · identify · profile
exemplify
Represent through instance
illustrate · demonstrate · characterize · symbolize · represent · manifest · incarnate · encapsulate · express · mirror
epitome
Perfect representative of type
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- embodimentConcrete manifestation of idea
apotheosis · distillation · crystallization · ideal · perfection · purest · pinnacle · acme · paragon · zenith
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
framework · specimen · sample · example · reference · design · schema · form · guideline · norm
categorize
Assign to distinct groups
- classifyArrange by shared traits
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
pigeonhole · generalize · group · sort · brand · tag · characterize · identify · profile · codify
- representrepresent, stand for, symbolize, embody, personify
- organizecategorize, classify, sort, arrange, group
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
typifydefy
Resist or challenge openly
misrepresent · contradict · contravene · buck the trend · buck
typifydistinguish
Recognize as distinct
differentiate · set apart · individualize · singularize · particularize
- typical behaviorUsual pattern of action
- not your typical
- typical caseRepresentative example
- typical workflowNormal sequence of steps
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