| Paradigm 1. (n.) An example; a model; a pattern. 2. (n.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection. 3. (n.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable. Thesaurus Entries IC analysis, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, antetype, antitype, archetype, beau ideal, biotype, bound morpheme, classic example, conjugation, criterion, cutting, declension, derivation, difference of form, enclitic, epitome, example, exemplar, formative, free form, fugleman, fugler, genotype, ideal, imitatee, immediate constituent analysis, infix, infixation, inflection, lead, mirror, model, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, original, pattern, precedent, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, prototype, radical, representative, root, rule, standard, stem, suffix, suffixation, theme, type, type species, type specimen, urtext, word-formation |