Synonyms for type
taɪptype

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1. typenoun

   To put text on paper using a typewriter.

   This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.

   Synonyms:
   class, tribe, genre, sort, category, kind, group

2. typenoun

   To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

   We can't get along: he's just not my type.

   Synonyms:
   tribe, sort, group, category, class, kind, genre

3. typenoun

   An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

   The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.

   Synonyms:
   group, class, tribe, kind, genre, sort, category

4. typenoun

   A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

   Synonyms:
   kind, genre, sort, class, category, group, tribe

5. typenoun

   An individual considered representative of members of its taxonomic group.

   the type of a genus, family, etc.

   Synonyms:
   category, kind, group, tribe, sort, class, genre

6. typenoun

   A blood group.

   Synonyms:
   class, group, genre, category, kind, sort, tribe

7. typenoun

   An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

   Synonyms:
   genre, class, tribe, category, group, sort, kind

8. typenoun

   A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.

   Synonyms:
   group, sort, tribe, category, kind, class, genre

9. typenoun

   Synonyms:
   data type

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. type

   Emblem is the English form of emblema, a Latin word of Greek origin, signifying a figure beaten out on a metallic vessel by blows from within; also, a figure inlaid in wood, stone, or other material as a copy of some natural object. The Greek word symbolon denoted a victor's wreath, a check, or any object that might be compared with, or found to correspond with another, whether there was or was not anything in the objects compared to suggest the comparison. Thus an emblem resembles, a symbol represents. An emblem has some natural fitness to suggest that for which it stands; a symbol has been chosen or agreed upon to suggest something else, with or without natural fitness; a sign does actually suggest the thing with or without reason, and with or without intention or choice. A symbol may be also an emblem; thus the elements of bread and wine in the Lord's Supper are both appropriate emblems and his own chosen symbols of suffering and death. A statement of doctrine is often called a symbol of faith; but it is not an emblem. On the other hand, the same thing may be both a sign and a symbol; a letter of the alphabet is a sign which indicates a sound; but letters are often used as mathematical, chemical, or astronomical symbols. A token is something given or done as a pledge or expression of feeling or intent; while the sign may be unintentional, the token is voluntary; kind looks may be signs of regard; a gift is a token; a ring, which is a natural emblem of eternity, and also its accepted symbol, is frequently given as a token of friendship or love. A figure in the sense here considered is something that represents an idea to the mind somewhat as a form is represented to the eye, as in drawing, painting, or sculpture; as representing a future reality, a figure may be practically the same as a type. An image is a visible representation, especially in sculpture, having or supposed to have a close resemblance to that which it represents. A type is in religion a representation of a greater reality to come; we speak of one object as the type of the class whose characteristics it exhibits, as in the case of animal or vegetable types. An attribute in art is some accessory used to characterize a figure or scene; the attribute is often an emblem or symbol; thus the eagle is the attribute of St. John as an emblem of lofty spiritual vision. Compare SIGN.

   Synonyms:
   attribute, attribute, emblem, figure, image, sign, symbol, token

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1. type

   Synonyms:
   mark, stamp, emblem, kind, character, sign, symbol, pattern, archetype, form, model, idea, image, likeness, expression, cast, mold, fashion

   Antonyms:
   non-description, non-classification, inexpression, misrepresentation, misindication, falsification, abnormity, deviation, caricature, monstrosity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. typenoun

   a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

   "what type of sculpture do you prefer?"

   Synonyms:
   case, eccentric, character

   Antonyms:
   antitype

2. character, eccentric, type, casenoun

   a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

   "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"

   Synonyms:
   display case, role, font, instance, pillow slip, case, eccentric, fictitious character, theatrical role, guinea pig, fount, flake, eccentric person, quality, casing, fictional character, reference, event, part, subject, grapheme, example, vitrine, cause, shell, causa, fiber, slip, compositor's case, geek, caseful, grammatical case, oddball, persona, face, showcase, character, typesetter's case, fibre, graphic symbol, character reference, sheath, typeface, lineament, lawsuit, pillowcase, suit

   Antonyms:
   antitype

3. typenoun

   (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

   Synonyms:
   case, eccentric, character

   Antonyms:
   antitype

4. typenoun

   printed characters

   "small type is hard to read"

   Synonyms:
   case, eccentric, character

   Antonyms:
   antitype

5. typenoun

   all of the tokens of the same symbol

   "the word `element' contains five different types of character"

   Synonyms:
   case, eccentric, character

   Antonyms:
   antitype

6. typeverb

   a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper

   "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"

   Synonyms:
   case, eccentric, character

   Antonyms:
   antitype

7. type, typewriteverb

   write by means of a keyboard with types

   "type the acceptance letter, please"

   Synonyms:
   typecast, typewrite

   Antonyms:
   antitype

8. type, typecastverb

   identify as belonging to a certain type

   "Such people can practically be typed"

   Synonyms:
   typecast, typewrite

   Antonyms:
   antitype

Matched Categories

1. • Biology
   • Character
   • Kind
   • Symbol
   • Taxonomic Group
   • Write

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. typenoun

   Synonyms:
   emblem, symbol, figure, sign, token, mark, shadow, image, representation, adumbration

2. typenoun

   Synonyms:
   original, model, pattern, prototype, archetype, original, exemplar, protoplast, mirror, paragon

3. typenoun

   Synonyms:
   stamp, form, kind, sort

4. typenoun

   Synonyms:
   printing character

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. typenoun

   Synonyms:
   symbol, token, representation, model, exemplar, phototype, archetype

   Antonyms:
   antitype, variant, monstrosity

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1. List of paraphrases for "type":

   kind, guy, types, sort, model, kinds, enter, genus, nature, category, form, sorts, rate, fella, write, bloke, typing, typical, genre, tipo, class, standard, art, man, guyin, style, -type, categories, gender, such, whatsoever, dude, fellow

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1. Richard Oram:

   This is a genetic test which essentially means that it measures genetic risk factors for type 1 diabetes and it measures very simply and cheaply in a way that's easy to do, and it means that when a patient presents with diabetes we could measure that genetic risk and if the genetic risk is higher for type 1 diabetes it means they're very likely to have autoimmune type-1 diabetes, and if the genetic risk is low for type 1 diabetes then they're much more likely to have type 2 diabetes, the kind of diabetes associated with obesity.

2. Blaine Schubert:

   The whole previous record of this particular type of bear is just known from a few localities in South America, and those are fragmentary remains, so, we went from not having any of this type of bear outside of South America to now having the best record of this type of bear from the Yucatn of Mexico.

3. Douglas Hostadter:

   It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order -- and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.

4. Jean-Michel Jarre:

   A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype

5. Eric Hoffer:

   People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.