It is often pointed out that a vague smile is typical of the Japanese.
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Typical
//ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl//
Synonyms for "typical" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
meaningfulmetaphoricalmodelnamingnaturalnaturalisticnaturisticorderlyordinalordinaryorthodoxparadigmaticparticularpathognomonicpeculiarperfectprecedentialprototypalproverbialquintessential
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realisticregularregulationrun-of-the-millsamplesemanticsemioticsignalizingsignificantsignificativesignifyingspecialspecificstandardsubdivisionalsuggestivesymbolicsymbolicalsymbolisticsymbologicalsymptomaticsymptomatologictaxonomicthickto be expectedtruetrue to formtrue to typetypaltypicunexceptionalusualveritable
Adjective(4 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مِثَالِيّ adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- نَمُوذَجِيّ adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Asturian
1 entries- típicu adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Bashkir
1 entries- хас adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Belarusian
2 entries- тыпо́вы adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- тыпі́чны adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- типи́чен adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- типи́чен adj (normal; to be expected)
- характе́рен adj (characteristically representing something)
Catalan
1 entries- típic adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 典型的 adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Czech
1 entries- typický adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Danish
1 entries- typisk adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Dutch
1 entries- typisch adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Esperanto
2 entries- tipa adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- tipika adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Estonian
1 entries- tüüpiline adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Finnish
1 entries- tyypillinen adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
French
2 entries- représentatif adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- typique adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Galician
1 entries- típico adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
German
4 entries- gewöhnlich adj (normal; to be expected)
- typisch adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- typisch adj (characteristically representing something)
- typisch adj (normal; to be expected)
Hindi
2 entries- प्ररूपी adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- प्ररूपी adj (characteristically representing something)
Hungarian
2 entries- jellemző adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- tipikus adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Icelandic
2 entries- dæmigerður adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- týpískur adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- تیپیک adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- مَعْمولی adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Irish
3 entries- gnáth adj (normal; to be expected)
- tipiciúil adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- tipiciúil adj (characteristically representing something)
Italian
1 entries- tipico adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Japanese
1 entries- 典型的な adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Korean
1 entries- 전형적 adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Latvian
1 entries- tipisks adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Low German
1 entries- tyypsch adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Polish
1 entries- typowy adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Portuguese
1 entries- típico adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Russian
2 entries- типи́чный adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- характе́рный adj (characteristically representing something)
Slovak
1 entries- typický adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Spanish
3 entries- clásico adj (normal; to be expected)
- típico adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- típico adj (normal; to be expected)
Swedish
2 entries- typisk adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
- utpräglad adj (characteristically representing something)
Tatar
1 entries- типик adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- типо́вий adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- điển hình adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Welsh
1 entries- nodweddiadol adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Yiddish
1 entries- טיפּיש adj (capturing the overall sense of a thing)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Uh-oh, here comes another lecture. How typical. This guy has something to say about everything.
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But it's a typical savannah country, and we enjoy cooler temperatures.
Source: tatoeba (39289)
Such words are so typical for him.
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