Word Meaning

archetype definition and meaning

n. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
n. The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
n. The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.

Crossword clues for archetype

- Original pattern or model
- Perfect example
- Perfect or typical example
- Perfect specimen
- Typical example
- Typical specimen