CLASSICS Synonyms

• belonging to or lasting from times long ago

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old

• so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

• following accepted customs and proprieties

• (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy

• unimaginative and conformist

• conforming with accepted standards

• represented in simplified or symbolic form

• in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past

• rigidly formal or bound by convention

• in accordance with convention or custom

• commonly used or practiced; usual

• lasting a long time

• patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

• brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

• settled securely and unconditionally

• conforming with accepted standards

• shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt

• introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

• belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

• important in history

• so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend

• celebrated in fable or legend

• unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

• (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

• of long duration; not new

• past times

• of a very early stage in development

• (used for emphasis) very familiar

• skilled through long experience

• belonging to some prior time

• excellent

• just preceding something else in time or order

• out of fashion

• attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

• conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind

• established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence

• conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

• a board measure = 1980 board feet

• the value behind the money in a monetary system

• an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)

• any distinctive flag

• commonly used or supplied

• regularly and widely used or sold

• unaffected by time

• consisting of or derived from tradition

• pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

• exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category

• of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

• conforming to a type

• a season's yield of wine from a vineyard

• the oldness of wines

• studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)