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type

The word “type” has 1 syllable: type

It's pronounced as /taɪp/

What is synonym and antonym for type?

In the thesaurus, “type” has 96 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for type along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for type

Antonyms for type

Meanings of type

  • noun
    1. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
    2. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
    3. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
    4. A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
    5. Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
    6. Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
    7. A blood group.
    8. (corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
    9. An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
    10. A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
    11. The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
    12. A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
    13. A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.).
  • verb
    1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.
    2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
    3. To determine the blood type of.
    4. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
    5. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
    6. To categorize into types.

Example Sentences

  • She’s not usually my type, but there’s something special about her.
  • What type of music do you enjoy listening to?
  • He didn’t know which type of file to download for the software.
  • That type of behavior is not acceptable in the classroom.
  • I need to type this report before the meeting starts.

On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to type, such as: alphabetize, array, assort, bracket, branch, break down, breed.

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