classical

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc. (synset 300414699)
    "classic Chinese pottery"; "classical Marxism"
    similar to:
    • classical, graeco-roman, greco-roman - of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture
    • classical - of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
    • classical - (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
    • neoclassic, neoclassical - characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style
    same as: classic
  2. Of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome (synset 302708882)
    "a classical scholar"
  3. Of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors (synset 302305827)
    "classical Greek"
    similar to: received, standard - conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
  4. Well-known and long-established in form or style (synset 300613690)
    "a classical ballet"; "classic double-breasted suit"; "the classic struggle between good and evil"
    similar to: traditional - consisting of or derived from tradition
    same as: classic
  5. (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics (synset 300415419)
    referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    similar to: classic, classical - of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
  6. Of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas (synset 300415245)
    "classical music"
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    similar to: classic, classical - of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
  7. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture (synset 300414979)
    "classical mythology"; "the classical world"
    referred to in: beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
    similar to: classic, classical - of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
    same as: graeco-roman, greco-roman
Noun
  1. Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste (synset 107039369)
    is a type of: genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style - an expressive style of music
    subtypes:
    • chamber music - serious music performed by a small group of musicians
    • opera - a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
    • cantata, oratorio - a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
    • concerto - a composition for orchestra and a soloist
    • fugue - a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
    • rondeau, rondo - a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
    • sonata - a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
    same as: classical music, serious music

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