| mirror | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. mirror | polished surface that forms images by reflecting light. |
| ~ car mirror | a mirror that the driver of a car can use. |
| ~ cheval glass | a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted. |
| ~ hand glass, hand mirror | a mirror intended to be held in the hand. |
| ~ looking glass, glass | a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror. |
| ~ pier glass, pier mirror | a large mirror between two windows. |
| ~ reflector | device that reflects radiation. |
| ~ speculum | a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. mirror | a faithful depiction or reflection.; "the best mirror is an old friend" |
| ~ depicting, portraying, depiction, portrayal | a representation by picture or portraiture. |
| v. (weather) | 3. mirror | reflect as if in a mirror.; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above" |
| ~ reflect, reverberate | to throw or bend back (from a surface).; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" |
| v. (communication) | 4. mirror | reflect or resemble.; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center" |
| ~ reflect | give evidence of the quality of.; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student" |
| paragon | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. beau ideal, idol, paragon, perfection | an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept. |
| ~ ideal | the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain. |
| ~ gold standard | a paragon of excellence.; "academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged" |
| n. (person) | 2. apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint | model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. |
| ~ crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey | someone excellent of their kind.; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" |
| ~ role model, model | someone worthy of imitation.; "every child needs a role model" |
| ~ class act | someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence. |
| ~ humdinger | someone of remarkable excellence.; "a humdinger of a secretary" |
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