Paragon

//ˈpæɹəɡən//

Synonyms for "paragon" (146 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Verb(1 words)
be equal

Strong matches (43)

Related words (73)

Verb(1 words)
touch

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

86 translations across 22 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • образе́ц noun (model or pattern)
  • парагон noun (20-point type)
  • равнявам се verb (to be equal)
  • сравнявам verb (to compare)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 二十點活字 /二十点活字 noun (20-point type)
  • 典範 /典范 noun (model or pattern)
  • 模範 /模范 noun (model or pattern)
  • 把…同…相比 verb (to compare)

Czech

4 entries
  • druh noun (companion)
  • ideál noun (model or pattern)
  • paragon noun (20-point type)
  • soupeření noun (comparison; competition)

Dutch

2 entries
  • paragon noun (20-point type)
  • toonbeeld noun (model or pattern)

Finnish

3 entries
  • esikuva noun (model or pattern)
  • perikuva noun (model or pattern)
  • olla esikuvana verb (to serve as a model for)

French

3 entries
  • parangon noun (model or pattern)
  • petit-parangon noun (20-point type)
  • parangonner verb (to serve as a model for)

German

4 entries
  • Begleiter noun (companion)
  • Gegenüber noun (companion)
  • Gegenüber noun (comparison; competition)
  • Gleichgesinnter noun (companion)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מוֹפֵת noun (model or pattern)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pedoman noun (model or pattern)

Irish

1 entries
  • eiseamláir noun (model or pattern)

Italian

4 entries
  • ascendonica noun (20-point type)
  • paragone noun (companion)
  • paragone noun (comparison; competition)
  • paragone noun (20-point type)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-hampleyr noun (model or pattern)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • forbilde noun (model or pattern)
  • mønsterperson noun (model or pattern)
  • paradeeksempel noun (model or pattern)

Persian

1 entries
  • نمونه noun (model or pattern)

Polish

4 entries
  • paragon noun (20-point type)
  • porównanie noun (comparison; competition)
  • rywalizacja noun (comparison; competition)
  • towarzysz noun (companion)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • exemplo noun (model or pattern)
  • modelo noun (model or pattern)

Romanian

3 entries
  • etalon noun (model or pattern)
  • model noun (model or pattern)
  • pildă noun (model or pattern)

Russian

1 entries
  • образе́ц noun (model or pattern)

Spanish

4 entries
  • dechado noun (model or pattern)
  • padrón noun (model or pattern)
  • paragón (desus.) noun (comparison; competition)
  • parangón noun (comparison; competition)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మేలుబంతి noun (model or pattern)

Turkish

4 entries
  • denk noun (comparison; competition)
  • eş noun (companion)
  • örnek noun (model or pattern)
  • örnek olmak verb (to serve as a model for)

Wu Chinese

3 entries
  • 廿點活字 /廿点活字 noun (20-point type)
  • 模範 /模范 noun (model or pattern)
  • 拿…幫…比較 /拿…帮…比较 verb (to compare)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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By all accounts, Fr. Mulligan was a paragon of virtue.

Source: tatoeba (731330)

The metallic gate to what seemed to be another universe became the paragon of postmodern Shinto.

Source: tatoeba (1467902)

Tom shaved his beard off after becoming a fan of stoats, since stoats, the paragon of beauty, don't grow beards.

Source: tatoeba (4463797)

Tom is a paragon of honesty.

Source: tatoeba (7867076)

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