What does prototypical mean?

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

How many syllables are in prototypical?

prototypical has 5 syllables: pro-to-typ-i-cal. The stress falls on "typ". In IPA it is /ˌpɹoʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl/.

What is another word for prototypical?

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

prototypical 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.

What rhymes with prototypical?

3 words rhyme with prototypical. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

prototypical — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
“archetypal patterns”
“she was the prototypal student activist”
Synonymsarchetypal archetypical prototypal prototypic
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What does prototypical mean?: prototypical means "representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned".

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