Home Synonyms pattern

Synonyms of pattern in English:

pattern


See US English definition of pattern

See UK English definition of pattern

See Spanish definition of diseño

noun

1‘the pattern on the wallpaper’

SYNONYMS
design, decoration, motif, marking, ornament, ornamentation, device, figure

2‘the ants' behaviour pattern’

SYNONYMS
system, order, arrangement, method, sequence, structure, scheme, plan, form, format, framework, composition, constitution, shape, make-up, configuration

3‘such a step would set the pattern for at least a generation’

SYNONYMS
model, example, criterion, standard, basis, point of reference, gauge, norm, formula, guide, scale, guideline, yardstick, touchstone, benchmark, ideal, exemplar, paradigm, canon
blueprint, archetype, prototype, original, design
template, mould, cast, matrix, last, layout, outline, sketch, draft, stencil, sample, specimen, specification, shape, plan, style, source, type

4‘a book of textile patterns’

SYNONYMS
sample, specimen, swatch

verb

1‘there is a dread that someone else is patterning your life’

SYNONYMS
shape, influence, form, model, fashion, mould, style
affect, determine, direct, control, guide, lead