Word Explorer

Type

/taɪp/

A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

Full Dictionary Entry

📖 Definitions of "Type"

noun

1
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
"This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane."
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.

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.
"The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion."
4
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

🔄 Synonyms of "Type"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
eccentricnoun	(of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
casenoun	An actual event, situation, or fact.
characternoun	(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
typecastverb	(acting) To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
typewriteverb	(transitive or intransitive) To type using a typewriter.

↔️ Antonyms of "Type"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
antitypenoun	Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Type"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
characternoun	(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
typecastnoun	(programming) The modification of the data type of a variable or object.
casenoun	An actual event, situation, or fact.
typewriteverb	(transitive or intransitive) To type using a typewriter.
eccentricnoun	One who does not behave like others.
classnoun	(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
categorynoun	A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
kindnoun	A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
classificationnoun	The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
groupnoun	A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
methodnoun	(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
sortnoun	A general type.
standardnoun	A level of quality or attainment.
examplenoun	Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
patternnoun	Model, example.
formnoun	(heading, physical) To do with shape.
connoun	(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
similarnoun	Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
designnoun	A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
genrenoun	A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.