All classical synonyms
clas·si·cal
C c adj classical
- classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- understated — restrained in design, presentation, etc.; low-key: the understated elegance of the house.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- latin — an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
- doric — of or relating to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
- greek — of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
- roman — a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- grecian — Greek (especially with reference to ancient Greece).
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- canonical — If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.
- augustan — characteristic of, denoting, or relating to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar (63 bc–14 ad), his period, or the poets, notably Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, writing during his reign
- homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- virgilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
- belletristic — Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
- classicalism — classicism
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- refined — having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.
- restrained — characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- well-proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
adjective classical
- traditional — of or relating to tradition.
- conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- usual — habitual or customary: her usual skill.
- typical — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- canonic — canonical
- chaste — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
- simple — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
noun classical
- music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- rock and roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- bebop — Bebop is a form of jazz music with complex harmonies and rhythms. The abbreviation bop is also used.
- ragtime — a novel (1975) by E. L. Doctorow.
- heavy metal — big iron