exemplar

1. 1.

   something to be imitated

   “an exemplar of success”

   “a model of clarity”

   “he is the very model of a modern major general”

   Synonymsexamplemodelgood example

   Broaderideal

   Narrowerbeautypacesetterpatternprodigy

Other forms of exemplar

plural

exemplars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about exemplar

What does exemplar mean?

exemplar means "something to be imitated".

How many syllables are in exemplar?

exemplar has 3 syllables: ex-em-plar. The stress falls on "em". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzɛmplɑɹ/.

What is another word for exemplar?

Close synonyms include example, model, good example. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exemplar a common word?

exemplar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.