Synonyms for historical

Most common

historic · ancient · past · old

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Adjective

Antonyms

modern, present, present-day

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.

   an important historical personage

Related words

Word family

historically

Phrases

historical present historical interpreter historical linguistics historical cost historical criticism hysterical historical

Example sentences

• former The Coliseum was the former arena in ancient Rome.
• ancient The Coliseum was the former arena in ancient Rome.
• historic There are many famous historic buildings in Kyoto.
• bygone This old typewriter is a relic of a bygone era.
• backward If you are not going forward, you're going backward.
• retrospective Kirsty went to the art gallery to see the Matisse retrospective.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

old¹

4 letters

real¹, past¹

5 letters

olden²

6 letters

former², bygone²

7 letters

ancient², storial

8 letters

historic³, backward², foregone²

9 letters

historial, veracious

10 letters

diachronic, forepassed

13 letters

retrospective⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (olden² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

historique

Deutsch

historisch

Català

històric