prototypal

1. 1.

   representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

   “archetypal patterns”

   “she was the prototypal student activist”

   Synonymsarchetypalarchetypicalprototypicprototypical

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Questions about prototypal

What does prototypal mean?

prototypal means "representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned".

How many syllables are in prototypal?

prototypal has 4 syllables: pro-to-ty-pal. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for prototypal?

Close synonyms include archetypal, archetypical, prototypic, prototypical. 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 prototypal a common word?

prototypal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.