This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Another word for specimen

a-z
Noun

  1. One that is representative of a group or class

      1. A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole:
      2. A specimen taken for analysis or testing:
      3. A set of data or elements drawn from a larger population and analyzed to estimate the characteristics of that population.
      1. One that serves as an example or type for others of the same classification.
      2. One that serves as a delegate or agent for another.
      3. A member of a governmental body, usually legislative, chosen by popular vote.
      1. An example that is cited to prove or invalidate a contention or illustrate a point.
      2. A case or an occurrence:
      3. A step in a process or series of events:
      1. The act of illustrating or the state of being illustrated:
      2. A picture or image that is used to decorate or clarify a text.
      3. An example that is used to clarify or explain something.
      1. One that is representative of a group as a whole:
      2. One serving as a pattern of a specific kind:
      3. A similar case that constitutes a model or precedent:
      1. An instance or occurrence of a particular kind or category:
      2. An occurrence of a disease or disorder:
      3. A set of circumstances or a state of affairs; a situation:
    See also:

    substitute

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for specimen

Noun
      1. An individual, group, structure, or other entity regarded as an elementary structural or functional constituent of a whole.
      2. A group regarded as a distinct entity within a larger group.
      3. A mechanical part or module.
      1. A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole.
      2. Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided:
      3. A division of a book or artistic work such as a film:
      1. One that is worthy of imitation; a perfect example or model.
      2. One that is typical or representative; an example:
      3. A copy, as of a book.
      1. Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human:
      2. By or for one person:
      3. Existing as a distinct entity; separate:
    See also:

    example

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • It was the basis of the earliest specimen of Provençal literature.

  • From this time onward he occupied himself with the composition of his chief work, The Light of Nature Pursued, of which in 1763 he published a specimen under the title of "Free Will."

  • The aye-aye was discovered by Pierre Sonnerat in 1780, the specimen brought to Paris by that traveller being the only one known until 1860.

  • (From specimen in the British Museum.

  • The St Bernard attains as great a size as that of any other breed, a fine specimen being between 60 and 70 in.

More sentences →

Words that mention specimen in the Dictionary

Words near specimen in the Thesaurus