Synonyms for Model (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (someone worthy of imitation):
role model
WordNet sense 2 (a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor):
poser
WordNet sense 3 (a woman who wears clothes to display fashions):
manikin, mannequin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model
WordNet sense 4 (a representative form or pattern):
example
WordNet sense 5 (something to be imitated):
exemplar, good example
WordNet sense 6 (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process):
framework, theoretical account
WordNet sense 7 (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)):
simulation
WordNet sense 8 (worthy of imitation):
exemplary
WordNet sense 9 (assume a posture as for artistic purposes):
pose, posture, sit
WordNet sense 10 (plan or create according to a model or models):
pattern
WordNet sense 11 (create a representation or model of):
simulate
WordNet sense 12 (form in clay, wax, etc):
mold, mould
WordNet sense 13 (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)):
modeling, modelling
From the ODE community, based on WordNet
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