Definition of model

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  • model is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • model is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
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Definition of model

  • a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor (noun)

    Examples

    1. the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos

    Synonyms

    1. poser
  • construct a model of (verb)

    Examples

    1. model an airplane

    Synonyms

    1. mock up
  • a representative form or pattern (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. example
  • a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process (noun)

    Examples

    1. the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems

    Synonyms

    1. framework
    2. theoretical account
  • worthy of imitation (adjective)

    Examples

    1. model citizens

    Synonyms

    1. exemplary
  • representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. simulation
  • a woman who wears clothes to display fashions (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. fashion model
    2. manakin
    3. manikin
    4. mannequin
    5. mannikin
  • something to be imitated (noun)

    Examples

    1. a model of clarity
    2. he is the very model of a modern major general

    Synonyms

    1. example
    2. exemplar
    3. good example
  • someone worthy of imitation (noun)

    Examples

    1. every child needs a role model

    Synonyms

    1. role model
  • the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. modeling
    2. modelling
  • create a representation or model of (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. simulate
  • form in clay, wax, etc (verb)

    Examples

    1. model a head with clay

    Synonyms

    1. mold
    2. mould
  • assume a posture as for artistic purposes (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. pose
    2. posture
    3. sit
  • plan or create according to a model or models (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. pattern
  • a type of product (noun)

    Examples

    1. his car was an old model
  • display (clothes) as a mannequin (verb)

    Examples

    1. model the latest fashion

See definition of model in Merriam Webster