Synonyms of classical

classical

adjective

ˈkla-si-kəl 

1

as in traditional

based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation

the classical preparation of a ham for Easter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traditional
• customary
• conventional
• usual
• historical
• old
• prescriptive
• authentic
• historic
• common
• ancient
• orthodox
• ancestral
• established
• fixed
• old-time
• habitual
• old-world
• timeless
• hoary
• venerable
• aged
• age-old
• immemorial
• antediluvian
• ageless
• dateless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• contemporary
• nontraditional
• unconventional
• new
• current
• untraditional
• present-day
• modernized
• updated
• up-to-date
• new age
• latest
• modernistic
• original
• futuristic
• uncustomary
• high-tech
• progressive
• state-of-the-art
• ultramodern
• hot
• unusual
• newfangled
• revolutionary
• red-hot
• unorthodox
• mod
• unprecedented
• nonconformist
• supermodern
• new-fashioned
• space-age
• nonorthodox

2

as in authoritative

being the most accurate and apparently thorough

a writer celebrated for his classical profiles of eminent Victorians

Synonyms & Similar Words

• authoritative
• classic
• definitive
• comprehensive
• magisterial
• accurate
• official
• conclusive
• decisive
• correct
• approved
• complete
• sanctioned
• exhaustive
• thorough

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of classical

At a time when classical and jazz musicians struggle to attract and retain audiences, the startup has grown into one of the biggest — and, according to Winters, one of the last — full-service shops of its kind in Florida. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

His reframings reveal that those casual images contain latent portraiture with the grandeur and the power of classical paintings. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

This project has been a long time in the making, and lands at a moment when interest in this classical masterpiece has never been greater, with a new generation of audiences discovering the power of Homer’s epic. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

These early proponents of quantum biology sought explanations for the puzzling properties of life at the classical scale in the counterintuitive laws of physics at the quantum scale. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026