| Main Entry: | paragon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outstanding example |
Synonyms: |
apotheosis, archetype, beau ideal, beauty, best, champ, champion, crackerjack*, cream*, criterion, cynosure, epitome, essence, exemplar, gem, ideal, jewel*, love, lovely, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, original, paradigm, pattern, peach, perfection, pick, prototype, quintessence, standard, sublimation, tops, trump*, ultimate |
| Main Entry: | angel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweet, kind person |
Synonyms: |
beauty, darling, dear, dream, gem, ideal, jewel, paragon, saint, treasure |
Antonyms: |
demon, devil, fiend |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | most outstanding thing in class |
Synonyms: |
choice, cream, cream of the crop, elite, fat, favorite, finest, first, flower, gem, model, nonpareil, paragon, pick, prime, prize, select, top |
Antonyms: |
worst |
| Main Entry: | dandy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, excellent |
Synonyms: |
capital, cool*, exemplary, famous, first-class, first-rate, five-star, fly*, glorious, grand, great, groovy*, hunky-dory, keen, marvelous, model, neat, nifty, paragon, peachy*, prime, splendid, sup rior, swell, terrific |
Antonyms: |
bad, inferior, not good, second-rate, unacceptable |
| Main Entry: | equate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance; think of together |
Synonyms: |
agree, assimilate, associate, average, be commensurate, compare, consider, correspond to, correspond with, equalize, even, hold, level, liken, make equal, match, offset, pair, paragon, parallel, regard, relate, represent, similize, square, tally, treat |
Antonyms: |
disagree, imbalance, unliken |
| Main Entry: | example |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instance, model |
Synonyms: |
archetype, case, case history, case in point, citation, copy, excuse, exemplar, exemplification, for instance, ideal, illustration, kind of thing, lesson, object, original, paradigm, paragon, part, pattern, precedent, prototype, quotation, representation, sample, sampling, specimen, standard, stereotype, symbol |
| Main Entry: | exemplar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ideal |
Synonyms: |
archetype, copy, criterion, epitome, example, exemplification, illustration, instance, mirror, model, paradigm, paragon, pattern, prototype, specimen, standard, type |
| Main Entry: | gem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precious stone; treasure |
Synonyms: |
bauble, glass*, hardware, jewel, jewelry, masterpiece, nonpareil, ornament, paragon, pearl, pick, prize, rock*, sparkler, stone, trump* |
| Main Entry: | ideal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | model |
Synonyms: |
archetype, criterion, epitome, example, exemplar, goal, idol, jewel, last word, mirror, nonesuch, nonpareil, paradigm, paragon, pattern, perfection, prototype, standard |
| Notes: | ideal means conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; idealistic means of or pertaining to idealists or their theories, pursuing perfection |
Antonyms: |
error, flaw, imperfection, problem, wrong |
| Main Entry: | immortal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous |
Synonyms: |
celebrated, eminent, epic, genius, glorious, heroic, illustrious, laureate, paragon, storied |
Antonyms: |
infamous, insignificant, mortal, unimportant, unknown |