1. Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category
   "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"; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"
    
2. Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
   "that is typical of you!";
   - distinctive
    
3. Conforming to a type
   "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behaviour"

See also: characteristic, classic, emblematic, exemplary, normal, regular, representative, true, typic, typicality, veritable

Antonym: untypical

Encyclopedia: Typical