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Meaning of CLASSICAL

Pronunciation:  'klasikul

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (fine arts) of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times
  2. [adj]  of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"
 
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 Synonyms: authoritative, classic, definitive, Graeco-Roman, Greco-Roman, Hellenic, neoclassic, neoclassical, standard
 
 Antonyms: nonclassical
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: absolute, aesthetic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, archetypical, arrant, artistic, Attic, authoritative, belletristic, capital, champion, chaste, choice, Ciceronian, classic, clear, common, commonplace, complete, consummate, crass, decided, definitive, developed, direct, downright, easy, egregious, elegant, established, everyday, excellent, exemplary, expert, famous, fine, finished, flagrant, fossil, fossilized, fully developed, garden, garden-variety, glaring, Gothic, graceful, gracile, Greek, gross, grown old, homely, homespun, household, ideal, in good taste, influential, intolerable, Latin, limpid, literary, lucid, masterful, masterly, matter-of-fact, mature, matured, medieval, mid-Victorian, model, natural, neat, nondescript, of choice, of other times, of quality, old-world, ordinary, out-and-out, outright, paradigmatic, pellucid, perfect, perfected, perspicuous, petrified, plain, pleasing, polished, positive, precedential, precious, prime, proficient, profound, pronounced, proper, prosaic, prosy, prototypal, pure, pure and simple, quiet, quintessential, rank, refined, regular, representative, restrained, ripe, ripened, Roman, round, serious, shattering, shocking, simple, standard, stark, stark-staring, straightforward, subdued, superannuated, superior, superlative, surpassing, tasteful, terse, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, top, top-notch, total, traditional, trim, typical, unaffected, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, understated, unequivocal, unlabored, unmitigated, unobtrusive, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, utter, Victorian, weighty, well-chosen, workaday, workday
 

 

 

 

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