Synonyms for topical
ˈtɒp ɪ kəltop·i·cal

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1. topicaladjective

   Antonyms:
   systemic

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1. topicaladjective

   pertaining to the surface of a body part

   "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, general

2. topicaladjective

   of or relating to or arranged by topics

   "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, general

3. topicaladjective

   of interest at the present time

   "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"

   Antonyms:
   general, noncurrent

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1. • Medicine

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1. topicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   local

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1. List of paraphrases for "topical":

   current, thematic, timely, up-to-date, present

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1. Seth MacFarlane:

   The idea that 'Family Guy' is this cartoon Ouija board that predicts things… I was just watching things happen from afar, i think it’s sort of modern media. The idea that it’s more important to be first than to be right. It’s a strange thing to observe. We write our show the same way as everyone else. We make the same kind of topical jokes that ‘The Simpson’ does, [that] ‘South Park’ does. And you work with what you have whether that be swirling rumors or political [material].

2. Julianna Schantz-Dunn:

   You may feel some itching or painful urination, but the symptoms may not be as severe as you’d think, i’ve seen people try to treat herpes with a topical yeast medication—and that doesn’t do much.

3. Randy Guiler:

   We are committed to our customers' safety and have very robust and rigorous testing programs in place to ensure our third-party manufacturers' products are safe, each of the items referenced in the report are topical, and not ingestible, products. As always, we are cooperating with the US Food and Drug Administration( FDA). We plan to meet with the FDA in the near future and expect that our plans will satisfy their requirements in all regards.

4. Courtney White:

   I think one of the greatest lessons here has been that we can move quickly and that we can be topical and timely, and as the story and needs around food and restaurants change, that we can change really quickly.

5. Fungai Machirori:

   If we're going to talk about Cecil in a balanced manner, we need to talk about the environment that Cecil and Zimbabweans inhabit, to be honest, Cecil, among most people who are highly read and highly knowledgeable about the context of Zimbabwe, was not a very topical issue until there was an international sort of perspective on it.