typical

Meaning

Adj

1. Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
2. Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
3. Normal, average; to be expected.
4. Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon.

Noun

Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.

Synonyms

representative

characteristic

normal

standard

regular

genuine

distinctive

classic

usual

typic

model

emblematic

exemplary

customary

ordinary

conventional

archetypal

average

typal

prototypical

quintessential

norm

patterned

perfunctory

personification

popular

prim

prototypic

racial

real

special

specific

starched

stereotyped

stereotypical

symbolic

symbolical

temperate

traditional

wonted

-like

national

dioristic

examplarsy

glacious

archetype

ceremonial

ceremonious

classical

common

criterion

earnest

emblematical

essential

exclusive

figurative

formal

full-blown

fundamental

general

ideal

modal

moderate

natured

necessary

Hyphenated as

typ‧i‧cal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/

Etymology

From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical.