classical synonyms

classical

modif.

  1. Of recognized importance

    standard, established, authoritative, traditional, ideal, flawless, serious, prestigious, esthetic, artistic, longhair*; see also classic.

    Antonyms modern*, popular*, transitory. *

  2. Of or resembling the art or culture of ancient Greece or Rome

    classic, humanistic, Attic, Hellenic, Greek, Homeric, Latin, Roman, Ciceronian, Augustan, Virgilian, academic, correct, formal, classicistic, refined, restrained, balanced, well-proportioned, chaste, archaic, ancient, neoclassic, Hellenistic, Alexandrian; see also ancient 2, chaste 1, Greek, Roman 1.

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