typical
adjective
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
Similar word(s): characteristic, emblematic, exemplary, typic, representative, regular, veritable, true, classic
2. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- that is typical of you!
Similar word(s): characteristic, distinctive
3. conforming to a type
- the typical (or normal) American
- typical teenage behavior
Similar word(s): normal
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.