1. (adj)classical music, classical, serious music traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste Synonyms: serious music, classical music, classical Antonyms: modern, pop, nonclassical, nonstandard, popular
2. (adj)classical, classic of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture Synonyms: definitive, classic, authoritative, classical Antonyms: nonclassical, nonstandard, modern, pop, popular
4. (adj)classical of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome Synonyms: definitive, classic, authoritative Antonyms: modern, nonstandard, popular, nonclassical, pop
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 an Synonyms: pure, absolute, guiltless, simple, unmixed, chaste, holy, spotless, unpolluted, classic, immaculate, stainless, unspotted, classical, incorrupt, true, unstained, clean, innocent, unadulterated, unsullied, clear, mere, unblemished, untainted, continent, perfect, uncorrupted, untarnished, genuine, real, undefiled, upright, guileless, sheer, unmingled, virtuous Antonyms: adulterated, foul, indecent, obscene, tainted, defiled, gross, indelicate, polluted, tarnished, dirty, immodest, lewd, stained, unchaste, filthy, impure, mixed, sullied, unclean