classic [klas-ik]
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classic [klas-ik]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: characteristic, regular
Synonyms: prototypal, prototypical, representative, simple, standard, time-honored, typical, usual, vintage
Notes: for classic, assume the meaning 'of the highest class' and 'typical, excellent as an example; timeless' and for classical 'pertaining to or characteristic of Greek or Roman antiquity or civilization'
Antonyms: abnormal, irregular, uncharacteristic
Main Entry: classic/classical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: best, model
Synonyms: archetypal, capital, champion, consummate, definitive, distinguished, esthetic, excellent, exemplary, famous, fine, finest, first-rate, flawless, ideal, master, masterly, paradigmatic, paramount, perfect, prime, quintessential, ranking, standard, superior, top, top-notch, vintage, well-known
Antonyms: inferior, worst
Main Entry: antique
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: old-fashioned
Synonyms: antiquarian, archaic, classic, obsolete, olden, outdated, vintage
Antonyms: current, fresh, modern
Main Entry: archetypal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: most typical
Synonyms: average, classic, clichéd, conventional, exemplary, hackneyed, model, most characteristic, paradigmatic, prime, quintessential, representative, standard, stereotypical, stock, textbook, trite
Antonyms: atypical, unique
Main Entry: classical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concerning ancient culture
Synonyms: Attic, Augustan, Doric, Grecian, Greek, Hellenic, Homeric, Ionic, Latin, Roman, Virgilian, academic, belletristic, bookish, canonic, canonical, classic, classicistic, humanistic, scholastic
Notes: for classic, assume the meaning 'of the highest class' and 'typical, excellent as an example; timeless' and for classical 'pertaining to or characteristic of Greek or Roman antiquity or civilization'
Main Entry: classical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: simple, chaste
Synonyms: classic, elegant, harmonious, pure, refined, restrained, symmetrical, understated, well-proportioned
Antonyms: complicated, modern, unclassical
Main Entry: elegant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beautiful, tasteful
Synonyms: affected, appropriate, apt, aristocratic, artistic, august, chic, choice, classic, clever, comely, courtly, cultivated, cultured, dainty, delicate, dignified, effective, exquisite, fancy, fashionable, fine, genteel, graceful, grand, handsome, ingenious, luxurious, majestic, modish, neat, nice, noble, opulent, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, polished, rare, recherché, refined, rich, select, simple, stately, stuffy, stylish, stylized, sumptuous, superior, turgid, well-bred
Antonyms: crude, inelegant, rough, ugly, unfashionable, unrefined, unsophisticated, untasteful
Main Entry: exemplary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ideal
Synonyms: admirable, batting a thousand, blameless, bueno, characteristic, classic, classical, commendable, correct, estimable, excellent, good, guiltless, honorable, illustrative, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, laudable, meritorious, model, neato, not bad, not too shabby, paradigmatic, praiseworthy, prototypical, punctilious, pure, quintessential, representative, righteous, sterling, typical, virtuous, worthy
Antonyms: erring, incorrect, unideal, wrong
Main Entry: faultless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having nothing wrong with it
Synonyms: above reproach, accurate, blameless, classic, clean, correct, crimeless, errorless, exemplary, exquisite, faithful, flawless, foolproof, guiltless, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, intact, irreproachable, model, on target, perfect, pure, right on, sinless, spotless, stainless, supreme, textbook, unblemished, unguilty, unspotted, unsullied, whole
Antonyms: blemished, flawed, imperfect, tainted
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