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| Main Entry: |
canonical
 [kuh-non-i-kuhl] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, recognized |
| Synonyms: | approved, authoritative, authorized, lawful, legal, official, orthodox, received, sanctioned, sound, statutory |
| Antonyms: | unacceptable, unauthorized, uncanonical, unorthodox, unrecognized, unsanctioned |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | clerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning clergy |
| Synonyms: | apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontifical, prelatic, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical |
Example Sentences
- What's been going on in the stock market hardly fits canonical notions of rationality.
- Lotus leaves are the canonical example of a hydrophobic, or water-hating, material.
- Copying guaranteed that each generation transmitted canonical texts to the next.
| Main Entry: | dogmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | based on absolute truth |
| Synonyms: | a priori, as a matter of course, assertive, authoritarian, authoritative, axiomatic, by fiat, by natural law, by nature, canonical, categorical, deducible, deductive, derivable, doctrinaire, doctrinal, eternal, excathedra, formal, imperative, inevitable, on faith, oracular, orthodox, peremptory, positive, pragmatic, prophetic, reasoned, systematic, theoretical, unchangeable, unerring, unqualified |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fluctuating, indecisive, not positive, uncertain, vacillating |
| Main Entry: | lawful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | allowable, legitimate |
| Synonyms: | authorized, bona fide, canonical, card-carrying, commanded, condign, constitutional, decreed, due, enacted, enforced, enjoined, established, innocent, judged, judicial, jural, juridical, jurisprudent, just, justifiable, kosher*, legal, legalized, legislated, legit, legitimatized, licit, mandated, of right, official, on the level, on the up and up, ordained, ordered, passed, permissible, proper, protected, rightful, ruled, statutory, valid, vested, warrantable, warranted |
| Antonyms: | illegal, illegitimate, illicit, prohibited, taboo, unlawful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | legitimate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authentic, valid, legal |
| Synonyms: | accepted, accredited, acknowledged, admissible, appropriate, authorized, canonical, certain, cogent, consistent, correct, customary, fair, genuine, innocent, just, justifiable, lawful, licit, logical, natural, normal, official, on the level, on the up and up, orthodox, probable, proper, real, reasonable, received, recognized, regular, reliable, rightful, sanctioned, sensible, sound, statutory, sure, true, typical, usual, verifiable, warranted, well-founded |
| Antonyms: | illegal, illegitimate, invalid, unlawful, unwarranted |
| Main Entry: | official |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authorized, legitimate |
| Synonyms: | accredited, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, bona fide, canonical, cathedral, ceremonious, certified, cleared, conclusive, correct, customary, decided, decisive, definite, endorsed, established, ex cathedra, ex officio, fitting, formal, legitimate, licensed, okay*, ordered, orthodox, positive, precise, proper, real, recognized, rightful, sanctioned, suitable, true, valid |
| Antonyms: | unauthorized, unofficial, unsanctioned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orthodox |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted, traditional |
| Synonyms: | according to the book, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authoritative, buttoned-down, by the numbers, canonical, conformist, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, die-hard, doctrinal, established, in line, legitimate, official, old-line, pious, proper, punctilious, reactionary, received, recognized, religious, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, square, standard, straight, straight arrow, traditionalistic, true, well-established |
| Antonyms: | heterodox, unconventional, unorthodox, untraditional |
| Main Entry: | religious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning belief in divinity |
| Synonyms: | believing, born-again, canonical, churchgoing, churchly, clerical, deistic, devotional, devout, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, god-fearing, godly, holy, ministerial, moral, orthodox, pietistic, pious, pontifical, prayerful, priestly, pure, reverent, righteous, sacerdotal, sacred, sacrosanct, saintlike, saintly, scriptural, sectarian, spiritual, supernatural, theistic, theological |
| Antonyms: | agnostic, atheistic, irreligious, ungodly |
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