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classical

English

  1. 🔊 of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
    “classic Chinese pottery”
  2. 🔊 of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
    “classical mythology”
  3. 🔊 of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
    “classical music”
  4. 🔊 (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
  5. 🔊 well-known and long-established in form or style
    “a classical ballet”
  6. 🔊 of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
    “classical Greek”
  7. 🔊 of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
    “a classical scholar”
  8. 🔊 traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

Spanish

  1. 🔊 clasicista classical
  2. 🔊 clásico classical, classic (of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans and their literature)

Similar words

classical music serious music classic greco-roman graeco-roman classic attic ciceronian gothic greek latin roman victorian absolute aesthetic antediluvian antiquated antique archaic archetypical arrant artistic authoritative belletristic