'Typical' definitions:
Definition of 'typical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "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" [ant: atypical, untypical]
adjective
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!" [syn: distinctive, typical]
adjective
Conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"
Definition of 'Typical'
From: GCIDE
- Typical \Typ"ic*al\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. ?, from ? type: cf. F. typique. See Type.]
- 1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative. [1913 Webster]
- The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the Christian. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. [1913 Webster] -- {Typ"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Typ"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'typical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- archetypal,
- categorical,
- characteristic,
- classic,
- classical,
- classificational,
- classificatory,
- common,
- commonplace,
- connotative,
- consummate,
- conventional,
- customary,
- defining,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotative,
- designative,
- diagnostic,
- differential,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- divisional,
- divisionary,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exemplary,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- figural,
- figurative,
- general,
- ideal,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- implicative,
- in character,
- in keeping,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- meaningful,
- metaphorical,
- model,
- naming,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- naturistic,
- normal,
- orderly,
- ordinal,
- ordinary,
- orthodox,
- paradigmatic,
- particular,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- perfect,
- precedential,
- prototypal,
- quintessential,
- realistic,
- regular,
- representative,
- run-of-the-mill,
- sample,
- semantic,
- semiotic,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- special,
- specific,
- standard,
- subdivisional,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- taxonomic,
- to be expected,
- true to form,
- true to type,
- typal,
- typic,
- unexceptional,
- usual