nnoun.communicationtraditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical tasteSynset:classical music serious music
Hypernyms:genre music genre musical genre musical style
Inherited Hypernyms:classical musicmusic genreexpressive stylecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:classical musicmusic genremusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cantatachamber musicconcertofugueoperaoratoriorondeaurondosonata
Full Hyponyms:cantatachamber musiccomic operaconcertoconcerto grossofuguegrand operamusical dramaoperaoperettapiano sonatarock operarondosonatasonatinasymphony
adjadj.allof or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.Synset:classic
Examples:- classic Chinese pottery
- classical Marxism
Antonyms:nonclassical
Inherited Hypernyms:classical
Similar to:classical classical Graeco-Roman Greco-Roman classical neoclassic neoclassical
adjadj.pertof or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and RomePertainyms:classics
Inherited Hypernyms:classical
adj satadj.allof or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authorsAntonyms:nonstandard
Inherited Hypernyms:classical
Similar to:received standard
adj satadj.allwell-known and long-established in form or styleSynset:classic
Examples:- a classical ballet
- classic double-breasted suit
- the classic struggle between good and evil
Antonyms:nontraditional
Inherited Hypernyms:classical
Similar to:traditional
adj satadj.all(physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanicsTopic:natural philosophyphysics
Antonyms:nonclassical
Inherited Hypernyms:classical
Similar to:classic classical
adj satadj.allof or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operasTopic:music
Antonyms:nonclassical
Inherited Hypernyms:classical
Similar to:classic classical
adj satadj.allof or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or cultureTopic:beaux artsfine arts
Synset:Graeco-Roman Greco-Roman
Examples:- classical mythology
- the classical world
Antonyms:nonclassical
Inherited Hypernyms:classical
Similar to:classic classical