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. Caitlin na Houlihan:

   Has Vladimir Putin become a classical miracle, a chronicled obstacle, a conventicle oracle, a piratical spectacle, a manacled vehicle, a tentacled particle, a monarchical article, a cubicle receptacle, a monocled corpuscle, a pinnacled icicle or a trickled treacle?

2. Robert:

   This duality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versus passion, or mind and the "unconscious." There are moments in each of our lives when our verbal-intellect suggests one course, and our "heart" or intuition, another.

3. Juergen Hammerstaedt:

   It's a philosophical library of Epicurean texts from a time when this philosophy influenced the most important classical Latin authors, such as Virgil, Horace and Cicero, there needs to be much work before one can virtually unroll carbonized papyrus because one will have to develop a digital method that will allow us to follow the layers.

4. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Tunneling through barriers, particles defy the boundaries of our classical confinement, revealing the audacious spirit of quantum defiance against the imprisoning walls of determinism.

5. Elizabeth Emanuel:

   It was absolutely plain and pure and elegant, past royal wedding gowns tend to be very classic and very traditional, and this was n’t because it did not have all the lace and all the decoration and anything on it. It was a new kind of look, but still classical and regal.