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

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Its inclusion was controversial, said former military officials: Lucas was just a mock-up, but it beat out more mature systems on the offering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

At this moment, the program doesn’t exist except in mock-up posters displayed at the Dec. 22 Mar-a-Lago announcement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

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

The Killing House was a fake—a mock-up of an embassy used to train the SAS in the art of hostage release.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

mock-up

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