classical architecture

1. 1.

   architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans

   SynonymsGreco-Roman architecture

   Broaderarchitectural style

   NarrowerGreek architectureRoman architecture

Questions about classical architecture

What does classical architecture mean?

classical architecture means "architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans".

What is another word for classical architecture?

Close synonyms include Greco-Roman architecture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is classical architecture a common word?

classical architecture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.