PARADIGM: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PARADIGM?

Need another word that means the same as “paradigm”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “paradigm” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Paradigm” are: substitution class, epitome, image, prototype, specimen, sample, exemplar, exemplification, instance, case, representative case, case in point, illustration

Paradigm as a Noun

Definitions of "Paradigm" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “paradigm” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time.
• The class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another.
• Systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word.
• A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.
• (in the traditional grammar of Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages) a table of all the inflected forms of a particular verb, noun, or adjective, serving as a model for other words of the same conjugation or declension.
• A standard or typical example.
• A world view underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject.
• A set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles.

Synonyms of "Paradigm" as a noun (13 Words)

case	An agreed summary of the facts relating to a legal case drawn up for review or decision on a point of law by a higher court. It was a case of bad judgment.
case in point	A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
epitome	A brief abstract (as of an article or book. She looked the epitome of elegance and good taste.
exemplar	Something to be imitated. An exemplar of success.
exemplification	A representational or typifying form or model.
illustration	Showing by example. By way of illustration I refer to the following case.
image	(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world. The company tried to project an altruistic image.
instance	An example or single occurrence of something. A serious instance of corruption.
prototype	A basic filter network with specified cut-off frequencies, from which other networks may be derived to obtain sharper cut-offs, constancy of characteristic impedance with frequency, etc. These objects are the prototypes of a category of rapidly spinning neutron stars.
representative case	A person who represents others.
sample	A sound or piece of music created by sampling. Samples of products for evaluation.
specimen	A sample for medical testing, especially of urine. They collected a urine specimen for urinalysis.
substitution class	An event in which one thing is substituted for another.

Usage Examples of "Paradigm" as a noun

• The discovery of universal gravitation became the paradigm of successful science.
• English determiners form a paradigm: we can say ‘a book’ or ‘his book’ but not ‘a his book.
• Society's paradigm of the ‘ideal woman.
• He framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm.

Associations of "Paradigm" (30 Words)

absolute	Not limited by law. An absolute guarantee to respect the nation s authority.
archetype	A very typical example of a certain person or thing. Mythological archetypes of good and evil.
emulation	Technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another. A model worthy of emulation.
epitome	A brief abstract (as of an article or book. She looked the epitome of elegance and good taste.
example	An item of information that is typical of a class or group. A workbook and a data set will enable the researcher to follow worked examples.
exemplar	Something to be imitated. An exemplar of success.
herbarium	A room or building housing a herbarium.
ideal	Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence embodying an ideal. You re my ideal of how a man should be.
instance	A particular case. I instanced Bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done.
lattice	An interlaced structure or pattern resembling a lattice. The lift stopped and he peered through the metal lattice.
mannequin	A person employed by a designer or shop to model clothes. She was too fat to be a mannequin.
model	Construct a model of. The clothes were modelled by celebrities.
monitory	Giving or serving as a warning. Shook a monitory finger at him.
paradigmatic	Serving as a typical example of something. His biography is paradigmatic of the experiences of this generation.
paragon	A perfect diamond of 100 carats or more. Your cook is a paragon.
perfect	A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed sometimes regarded as perfective aspect. The equipment was in perfect condition.
personification	The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. The knight is accompanied by two feminine personifications of vice.
photogenic	(of an organism or tissue) producing or emitting light. A photogenic child.
poser	A person who poses; a poseur.
prototype	Make a prototype of a product. He is the prototype of good breeding.
quintessence	The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies. We were all brought up to believe that advertising is the quintessence of marketing.
quintessential	Representing the perfect example of a class or quality. He was the quintessential tough guy strong silent and self contained.
replica	An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale. A replica of the Empire State Building.
sample	Take a sample or samples of something for analysis. Riffs sampled from other musicians.
specimen	A bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes. Specimens of copper ore.
spheroid	A solid generated by a half revolution of an ellipse about its major axis prolate spheroid or minor axis oblate spheroid. It looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid.
type	Determine the type to which a person or their blood or tissue belongs. Two sporty types in tracksuits.
typify	Be characteristic or a representative example of. The sun typified the Greeks, and the moon the Persians.
universality	The quality of being universal; existing everywhere. The universality of the experience of grief and loss.
unpopular	Not liked or popular. Unpopular measures.