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mock-up

[mok-uhp] / ˈmɒkˌʌp /
NOUN
model
Synonyms
STRONGEST
copy figure image painting photograph picture portrait
STRONG
cartoon clone copycat ditto dummy duplicate effigy engraving facsimile figurine illustration layout look-alike miniature paste-up pocket print relief representation ringer setup sketch statue statuette tracing
WEAK
dead ringer game plan knockoff spitting image visual
Antonyms
STRONG
being entity original
WEAK
photographer
NOUN
prototype
Synonyms
STRONGEST
model precursor
STRONG
ancestor antecedent archetype criterion first forerunner ideal norm paradigm pattern precedent predecessor standard type
WEAK
antecessor
Antonyms
STRONG
descendant
NOUN
rough diamond
Synonyms
WEAK
design diamond in the rough first draft first stab raw material rough outline rough sketch study unlicked cub

Example Sentences

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That purported healing is taking place at “Free Spirits Wellness Center,” a mock-up clinic led by Sting dedicated to advance physiological and cognitive expansion for people working under intense pressure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Tenev created a mock-up of what the accounts on his app might look like, and posted on X that the platform was “ready to go.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

In addition to winged Victories like that shown in the mock-up Trump’s arch, the sculptural program of the Arch of Severus includes depictions of four major battles in Parthia and the spoils of war.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

A mock-up of a triumphal arch sat on Trump's Resolute Desk in the Oval Office as he met Finnish President Alex Stubb on Thursday, an AFP journalist and photographer saw.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Using these images, engineers at the "Farm," a secret 9,000-acre CIA training facility in Virginia, were able to construct a mock-up of the manhole.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau