Typical

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• typicall obsolete

Origin

From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus ("typical"), from Ancient Greek τυπικός ("of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical"), from τύπος (tupos, "mark, impression, type"); see typic and -al, and type.

Full definition of typical

Adjective

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, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 2, 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

Antonyms

• atypical

Derived terms

• typicality
• typically
• typicalness

Related terms

• type

Noun

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.