classical

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
2. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
3. Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
4. (informal) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.
5. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
6. Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
7. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined
8. Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.

Noun

1. (countable) One that is classical in some way; for example, a classical economist.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of classical music.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of classical chess.

Opposite of

quantum, relativistic

Synonyms

classic

authoritative

ancient

classical music

traditional

serious music

Graeco-Roman

Greco-Roman

low-key

definitive

conventional

antique

subtle

throwaway

Hellenic

understate

on-gauge

early

excellent

genuine

ideal

longstanding

normative

orthodox

representative

serious

typic

typical

classicistic

hellenic

typal

standard

Translations

classique

classico

clásico

klassisch

clássico

klassiek

clàssic

κλασικός

klassikaal

clàssico

klasik

hel·lènic

classica

کلاسیکی

altsprachlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklæsɪkl̩/

Etymology

See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical = classic + -al

Sentences

While growing up , she heard folk-country, classical , and pop music at home .