Synonyms for historic
- adjective
Most common
significant notable momentous historical groundbreaking bygone foregone
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Significant
Other
historical, past, bygone, groundbreaking, foregone, outdated dated, old-fangled dated, dated dated, historial dated, herstoric rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
Related words
- Word family
- historicaster
- Phrases
- past historic tense historic present past historic present historic
Example sentences
- significant Mushrooms contain significant amounts of minerals.
- notable The area is notable for its scenery and wildlife.
- momentous James tweeted that the signing was a momentous occasion.
- historical The Byzantine Empire is a historical construction.
- groundbreaking The space explorers made a groundbreaking discovery.
- bygone This old typewriter is a relic of a bygone era.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| historic | steady | |
| significant | steady | |
| notable | steady | |
| momentous | rising | |
| historical | rising | |
| groundbreaking | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- past1
- 5 letters
- dated2
- 6 letters
- bygone2
- 7 letters
- notable3
- 8 letters
- outdated3, foregone2
- 9 letters
- important3, momentous3, historial, herstoric
- 10 letters
- historical4
- 11 letters
- significant4
- 14 letters
- groundbreaking3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dated2 = 2 syllables).