epitome (n.)
- abbreviation
- abridgement
- abridgment
- abstract
- antitype
- apocope
- archetype
- biotype
- breviary
- brief
- capsule
- compendium
- compression
- condensation
- conspectus
- contraction
- criterion
- curtailment
- digest
- draft
- elision
- ellipsis
- embodiment
- essence
- exemplar
- fugleman
- genotype
- head
- lead
- mirror
- model
- original
- outline
- overview
- paradigm
- pattern
- personification
- precedent
- precis
- prototype
- quintessence
- recap
- recapitulation
- reduction
- representative
- resume
- retrenchment
- review
- rubric
- rule
- shortening
- skeleton
- sketch
- standard
- sum
- summary
- summation
- survey
- syllabus
- syncope
- synopsis
- truncation
- type
- ultimate
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong,
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
