PROTOTYPES Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

prototypes

noun

plural of prototype

as in examples

one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like a literary character who is regarded as the prototype of the fanatical and intolerant pursuer of justice

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as in forerunners

something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed the Greek epic that is the prototype of the hero myth

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as in originals

something from which copies are made the manufacturer exhaustively tested the prototype of the vehicle before approving production

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Recent Examples of prototypes Federal policy now allows businesses to deduct domestic research costs immediately, leaving more capital available for engineers, prototypes, and equipment. — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 De Jong began building prototypes and models in Los Angeles with her construction coordinator Jonas Kirk. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Microsoft employees could use it to experiment with prototypes, build hardware, and even turn hobbies into full Microsoft products. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 That is when his team navigated prototypes and held discussions with potential clients to figure out what Capsum could bring to the industry with its technology. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 In Sceye’s case, the company began testing a series of smaller prototypes in 2016 before eventually reaching the stratosphere with a 215-foot (65-meter) length version in 2021. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 Contract value and timeline remain undisclosed Raytheon’s October 15 announcement did not disclose the value of the award, the specific sites involved in its work, or a completion date for the prototypes and subsequent deployments. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 There were functional prototypes in the nineteen-fifties, and today there are numerous companies with refined designs awaiting regulatory approval. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 Experts said a no-bid consulting contract under a mechanism designed to secretly develop weapons prototypes was extraordinary. — Aaron Davis, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The world’s highest-profile tech billionaires offer the most conspicuous examples.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The original plan for 25 street-legal M6 GTs was eventually altered to 50 examples due to FIA requirements, but production never came to fruition, derailed by the 32-year-old McLaren’s death during testing at Goodwood in 1970.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026

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Rather than try to replicate his forerunners’ styles of success, Ternus has so far played to his own strengths—which are also those of Apple, a company that first and foremost builds beautiful products that spark productivity, creativity, and joy.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of forerunners

Noun

While today’s cinema listings are crammed with sequels and remakes, with the watching experience couched in discourse and then discourse about the discourse, the best ’90s films were for the most part true originals.

— Daisy Jones, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
Instead of swapping in cheaper versions on the low, a lot of shoppers are openly recommending their finds and lining them up next to the originals.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of originals

Noun

Scammers can lift voice samples from videos people casually post on platforms like Instagram and TikTok.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve samples for return to Earth, Ars reports.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

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Many of the office’s attorneys, particularly in its misdemeanor corps, work with basement-level spirits, according to one of the sources.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Last month, citing anonymous sources, Reuters reported that Solidigm was holding pitch meetings with investment banks for an IPO that could value the company at up to $150 billion.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of sources

Noun

Among them, despite the doctors’ suspicions, 80% did not turn out to have evidence of tumors in their specimens, says Cercek.

— Alice Park, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Building on a legacy The mission to the Martian moons builds on Japan’s success in leading the Hayabusa and Hayabusa 2 missions, the world’s first two spacecraft to bring back pristine specimens from asteroids.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

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