classical

  • (a) of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture
    • classic Cinese pottery
    classic,
  • (s) of recognized authority or excellence
    • the definitive work on Greece
    • classical methods of navigation
    classic, authoritative, definitive,
  • (a) of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
    • a classical scholar
  • (s) (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors
    • classical Greek
  • (s) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures
    • classical mythology
    • classical
    Graeco-Roman, Greco-Roman, Hellenic, classic,

Nouns

  • (n) traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste classical music, serious music,

Synonyms

classical music serious music classic authoritative definitive Graeco-Roman Greco-Roman Hellenic

Antonyms

nonclassical

Words of close approximity

classics
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