Synonyms for classical
ˈklæs ɪ kəlclas·si·cal

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1. classical

   That is pure which is free from mixture or contact with anything that weakens, impairs, or pollutes. Material substances are called pure in the strict sense when free from foreign admixture of any kind; as, pure oxygen; the word is often used to signify free from any defiling or objectionable admixture (the original sense); we speak of water as pure when it is bright, clear, and refreshing, tho it may contain mineral salts in solution; in the medical and chemical sense, only distilled water (aqua pura) is pure. In moral and religious use pure is a strong word, denoting positive excellence of a high order; one is innocent who knows nothing of evil, and has experienced no touch of temptation; one is pure who, with knowledge of evil and exposure to temptation, keeps heart and soul unstained. Virtuous refers primarily to right action; pure to right feeling and motives; as, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Matt. v, 8. Compare FINE; INNOCENT.

   Synonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

   Antonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

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1. classical

   Synonyms:
   pure, refined, elegant, polished, chaste, augustan

   Antonyms:
   corrupt, debased, inelegant, harsh, barbarous, unclassical, uncouth

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1. classical music, classical, serious musicadjective

   traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

   Synonyms:
   serious music, classical music

   Antonyms:
   modern, pop, nonclassical, nonstandard, popular

2. classical, classicadjective

   of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture

   "classic Cinese pottery"

   Synonyms:
   definitive, classic, authoritative

   Antonyms:
   nonclassical, nonstandard, modern, pop, popular

3. authoritative, classical, classic, definitiveadjective

   of recognized authority or excellence

   "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"

   Synonyms:
   authorised, classic, authorized, important, unequivocal, determinate, authoritative, definitive

   Antonyms:
   nonclassical, modern, nonstandard, popular, pop

4. classicaladjective

   of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

   " a classical scholar"

   Synonyms:
   definitive, classic, authoritative

   Antonyms:
   modern, nonstandard, popular, nonclassical, pop

5. classicaladjective

   (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors

   "classical Greek

   Synonyms:
   definitive, classic, authoritative

   Antonyms:
   popular, nonstandard, nonclassical, modern, pop

6. classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenicadjective

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures

   "classical mythology"; "classical

   Synonyms:
   definitive, classic, authoritative

   Antonyms:
   nonstandard, nonclassical, popular, pop, modern

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1. classicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   first-rate, of the first class (in literature)

2. classicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   greek or latin

3. classicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   elegant, polished, refined, chaste, pure, attic

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1. List of paraphrases for "classical":

   classic, conventional, traditional, fever, plague, classics, typical

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1. Olivier Camu:

   They realise, together with the modern classical collectors, that surrealism is still not that expensive, it's been undervalued for long and still is. Now that's gradually, slowly coming up, and together with 15 years of surrealist sales and new records...the sale is crystallising that interest.

2. Guillermo Bernal:

   This expression is more commonly seen in the classical period, specifically in the eighth century between the years 700 CE to 800 CE, which is the last century of the Mayan culture and very close to its collapse, in the years following 800 CE, the Mayan cities started to collapse. That (event) has a strong relationship with the frequency of the number of wars which began in this century.

3. John Alberti:

   The classical romantic comedy plot is very end-point driven, with a serial, you can get into the idea of a relationship as a process.

4. Seton Hall Professor Lopez:

   Through the gained knowledge of physics, in particular the sub-field of Newtonian or classical mechanics, we're capable of making very accurate calculations of the exact times when solar eclipses will happen and the terrestrial locations of where total solar eclipses will occur, it impresses me immensely that [the] Universe has a repeating and cyclical nature that we've figured out.

5. Delilah Belle Hamlin:

   I love doing period pieces, my training is classical, and so I'm very much attracted to anything period.