Synonyms: archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical
Definition: representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
Usage: archetypal patterns; she was the prototypal student activist
Similar words: first
Definition: preceding all others in time or space or degree
Usage: the first house on the right; the first day of spring; his first political race; her first baby; the first time; the first meetings of the new party; the first phase of his training