model

How to sign: a simplified description of a complex entity or process
"the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems";

Similiar / Same: theoretical account, framework

Categories: hypothesis, possibility, theory

Within this category: Copernican system, mean sun, Ptolemaic system, simulation, stochastic process

model

How to sign: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
"she was too fat to be a mannequin";

Similiar / Same: mannequin, manakin, fashion model, manikin, mannikin

Categories: assistant, help, helper, supporter

Within this category: supermodel

model

How to sign: a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
"the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos";

Similiar / Same: poser

Categories: assistant, help, helper, supporter

Within this category: artist's model, dressmaker's model, photographer's model

model

How to sign: someone worthy of imitation
"every child needs a role model";

Similiar / Same: role model

Categories: leader

Within this category: ideal, trend-setter

model

How to sign: something to be imitated
"an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general";

Similiar / Same: exemplar, good example, example

Categories: ideal

Within this category: beauty, pacesetter, pattern, prodigy