Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun classical

1 sense of classical

Sense 1
classical music, classical, serious music -- (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)
       => music genre, musical genre, genre, musical style -- (an expressive style of music)

Antonyms of adj classical

4 of 5 senses of classical

Sense 1
classical (vs. nonclassical), classic -- (of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture; "classic Cinese pottery")

nonclassical (vs. classical) -- (not classical)
        => modern -- (characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture)
        => popular, pop -- ((of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people))

Sense 2
authoritative, classical, classic, definitive -- (of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation")

INDIRECT (VIA standard) -> nonstandard -- (not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text")

Sense 4
classical -- ((language) having the form used by ancient standard authors; "classical Greek)

INDIRECT (VIA standard) -> nonstandard -- (not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech"- A.R.Dunlap)

Sense 5
classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic -- (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical)

INDIRECT (VIA classical) -> nonclassical -- (not classical)

Similarity of adj classical

5 senses of classical

Sense 1
classical (vs. nonclassical), classic -- (of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture; "classic Cinese pottery")
       => classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic -- (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical)
       => neoclassic, neoclassical -- (characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style)

Sense 2
authoritative, classical, classic, definitive -- (of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation")
       => standard (vs. nonstandard) -- (established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"; "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism")

Sense 3
classical -- (of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome; " a classical scholar")

Sense 4
classical -- ((language) having the form used by ancient standard authors; "classical Greek)
       => standard (vs. nonstandard), received -- (conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King's English" (British))

Sense 5
classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic -- (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical)
       => classical (vs. nonclassical), classic -- (of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture; "classic Cinese pottery")