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archetypesnounpl. of archetype something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developedthe abacus is sometimes cited as the archetype of the modern digital calculator ancestors, antecedents, daddies, foregoers, forerunners, granddaddies(also grandaddies), precursors, predecessors, prototypes models, originalsoriginators, siresfathers, mothers descendants(also descendents) by-products, derivatives, offshoots, outgrowths, spin-offsdaughters, sons something from which copies are madeBeowulf is considered by some scholars to be the archetype for medieval British heroic tales originals, prototypes sourcesexamples, molds, paradigms, patternsbeau ideals, classics, exemplars, ideals, models, nonpareils, paragonsblueprints, drafts copies, imitations, replicas, reproductionscounterfeits, fakes, forgeries, shams |