English Synonym Finder

specimen

Definitions

An individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, or other item used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.

A sample of a substance or material, such as blood or tissue, taken for medical examination or testing.

Examples

The biologist carefully examined the rare plant specimen under the microscope.

This fossil is a perfect specimen of a prehistoric marine creature.

He was considered a fine specimen of an athlete, standing over six feet tall.

Synonyms

sample example instance representative model pattern case

Antonyms

whole entirety mass aggregate collection bulk totality