Types

Synonyms for type
noun class, kind

sort
category
breed
group
description
form
nature
brand

variety
character
number
standard
sample
strain
lot
cut

subdivision
blazon
classification
stamp
specimen
ilk
order
cast

way
genre
feather
persuasion
mold
species
rubric
likes

Synonyms
noun example, model

sample
pattern
standard
paradigm

personification
essence
specimen
quintessence

exemplar
representative
epitome
prototype

archetype
original

Antonyms

atypical

Synonyms
noun printed characters

case
emblem
figure

face
symbol
sign

printing
print
font

point size

Synonyms
verb classify

sort
standardize
stereotype
pigeonhole

tab
categorize
peg
class

arrange
put away
typecast
button down

put down as

Antonyms

disorder

disorganize

differentiate

Synonyms
verb hit keys on machine to print document

write
copy
transcribe

touch
touch-type
typewrite

dash off
enter data
hunt-and-peck

teletype

Usage Notes

When preceded by a modifier, type meaning “kind, sort” is sometimes used without a following of: This type furnace uses very little current. In writing, a hyphen is often placed between type and the preceding word or words: a magnetic-type holder; a New England-type corn pudding. This construction is frequently criticized by usage guides; it is most typical of journalistic writing and advertising and occurs rarely in formal speech or writing. In almost all cases the construction can be rendered fully standard either by restoring of after type, with no hyphen (this type of furnace; a New England type of corn pudding) or by omitting type altogether (a magnetic holder).