English

Alternative forms

• typicall (obsolete)

Adjective

typical ‎(comparative more typical, superlative most typical)

1. Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
2. Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
3. Normal, average; to be expected.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

     One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:common

Antonyms

• atypical

Derived terms

• typicality
• typically
• typicalness

Related terms

• type
• typic

Translations

See also

• gestalt
• gist
• resemblance
• emblematic
• prefigurative
• distinctive

Noun

typical ‎(plural typicals)

1. Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.

   Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.

   Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.

External links

• typical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• typical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911