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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for typical:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

typical
    adj 1: 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]
    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!" [syn: distinctive,
       typical]
    3: conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American";
       "typical teenage behavior"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the
            Christian.                            --Atterbury.
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   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.
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