» typical
Words people most associate with “typical”:
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Adjective (3 meanings)
1. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category.
Examples:
- “a typical American girl”,
- “a typical suburban community”,
- “the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year”,
- “a painting typical of the Impressionist school”,
- “a typical romantic poem”,
- “a typical case of arteritis”
typical is the opposite of:
typical is an attribute of:
- typicality (noun) - the state of being that is typical
Derivationally related form:
- typicality (noun) - the state of being that is typical
see also:
- characteristic (adjective) - typical or distinctive
typical is similar to:
- emblematic, exemplary, typic (adjective) - being or serving as an illustration of a type
- regular, veritable (adjective) - often used as intensifiers
- representative (adjective) - serving to represent or typify
- true (adjective) - conforming to definitive criteria
2. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!".
Derivationally related form:
- peculiarity, specialness, specialty, speciality, distinctiveness (noun) - a distinguishing trait
typical is similar to:
- characteristic (adjective) - typical or distinctive
3. conforming to a type.
Examples:
- “the typical (or normal) American”,
- “typical teenage behavior”
Derivationally related form:
- typicality (noun) - the state of being that is typical
typical is similar to:
- normal (adjective) - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm