specimen | Definition of specimen

Synonyms and Antonyms of specimen

1 a member of the human race

he's a particularly handsome specimen

Synonyms of specimen

baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, stiff, thing, wight

Words Related to specimen

hominid, homo, humanoid

brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor

celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Phrases Synonymous with specimen

Near Antonyms of specimen

animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

2 one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like

chose one frog as a good specimen of the breed

Synonyms of specimen

case, example, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, instance, prototype, representative, sample

Words Related to specimen

archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm

cross section, microcosm

evidence, indication, manifestation, sign

Phrases Synonymous with specimen