CLASSICS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

classics

noun

plural of classic

as in models

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation among women who have devoted themselves to a life of scientific inquiry, Marie Curie is one of the acknowledged classics

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in masterpieces

something (as a work of art) that is a great achievement and often its creator's greatest achievement the works of Michelangelo are regarded as classics of the sculptor's art

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in incarnations

the most perfect type or example his journey of discovery was a classic of arduous effort and fierce determination

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of classics Across the week-long trip, Clooney’s wardrobe comprised of all her classics. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026 Besides the several covers of ‘90s-era pop music classics by the likes of INXS and Tina Turner, composer Nathan Matthew David has contributed an original soundtrack incorporating traditional Filipino and Indigenous instruments. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026 In short, her look was a reminder to never skip the classics. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026 The 12 Must-See Movies on Prime Video This Month Including some seasonally appropriate horror classics. — Britina Cheng, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026 Aperol—the vivid orange bittersweet liqueur, irreplaceable in neo-classics like the Naked & Famous and the Paper Plane—needs no introduction. — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2026 Referenced as harkening back to classics such as William Friedkin’s Sorcerer and John Huston’s Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Weight is set in 1933 Oregon as Samuel Murphy (Hawke) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 These nine classics skillfully keep audiences guessing while depicting different kinds of waking nightmares, making the protagonists’ traumas our own for a few entertaining hours. — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026 For something heartier, Double Standard keeps an easy rhythm all day, serving great cocktails, craft beers, and comfort classics with a modern London edge. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for classics

Noun

The 33-year-old wasn’t the only superstar to strut down the runway, as fellow Bronx native Jennifer Lopez, mgk and J Balvin were also among the models in the show.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
Northeast faces a wet, windy weekend Forecast models have waffled back and forth for days but have been consistent on putting New England and Long Island, New York, in the bull’s-eye of the storm’s most significant rain and wind this weekend.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of models

Noun

Decades later, many of these masterpieces reside in prominent museums around the world, making the push for their recovery more complex than a simple property dispute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
These are two life-size oil-on-panel masterpieces created by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1530.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of masterpieces

Noun

The Jets and the league announced on Wednesday that the statistical histories of both incarnations of the team have been merged.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
No Way Home drew on the superhero's previous film incarnations, bringing them all together as Peter Parker's world collapses.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of incarnations

Noun

The Libra Sun opposes Neptune across your social and creative zones, encouraging big ideas, romantic possibilities, or group enthusiasm.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
If Trump does push ahead, his main cheerleaders will be GOP candidates in tight races this fall who are eager to market more ideas to lower costs before the midterms.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ideas

Noun

This mythologizing of a masculine, European (though crucially not British) version of Columbus supported burgeoning American ideals of Manifest Destiny (the idea that the United States was preordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and beyond).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
These unspool in the form of action scenes where the stakes aren’t just personal safety, but the larger ideals of a nation under political suppression.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of ideals

Noun

There are also horrifying incidents of helplessness and despair, as well as touching examples of hope, faith and redemption.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
And yet Trump wants to turn the White House and an outpost on the Potomac into similar citadels, with little regard for why America’s capital city was named for one of its greatest examples of unadorned republican virtue.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of examples

Noun

The 1905 law explicitly mentions religious ceremonies, processions and other outdoor manifestations as subject to the ordinary rules governing public order.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Sports are in the midst of a global makeover from narrow manifestations of tribal interest to mainstays of the monoculture.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026