Historical synonyms and antonyms

hĭ-stôr'ĭ-kəl, -stŏr'-

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archival
Of, relating to, kept in, or suitable for archives:
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constituting history
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chronicled
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important in history
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traditional
Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
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history (related)
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authentic
The definition of authentic is something that is original or true and not a copy of anything else.
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ahistorical (antonym)
Unconcerned with or ignorant of history.
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actual
Existing at present or at the time
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past (related)
(Postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. [from 15th c.]
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ancient
Of times long past; belonging to the early history of the world, esp. before the end of the Western Roman Empire (a.d. 476)
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Archæological (related)
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diachronic
Of or concerned with phenomena, such as linguistic features, as they change through time.
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old (related)
Familiar or known from the past; accustomed
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literary (related)
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historiography (related)
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textual (related)
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historiographical (related)
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art-historical (related)
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ethnological (related)
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contemporary (related)
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factual
Of or characterised by or consisting of facts.
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classical (related)
(Music) Of or relating to European music during the latter half of the 18th and the early 19th centuries.
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fictional (antonym)
Invented, as opposed to real.
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anthropological (related)
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ethnographic (related)
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sociological (related)
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philosophical (related)
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iconographical (related)
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cultural (related)
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synchronic (antonym)
Synchronous
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true
The definition of true is being loyal, something that is real, factually correct, accurate or provable.
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  • I see us today in a situation like those historical ones.

  • What causes historical events?

  • Besides the historical narrative, there were works mainly geographical or topographical left by persons like Baeton and Diognetus, whom Alexander had employed (as Onyarcaral.) to survey the roads over which he passed.

  • English equity has one marked historical peculiarity, viz.

  • And yet, though Rembrandt's " Nightwatch " is dated the very year after the publication of the Meditations, not a word in Descartes breathes of any work of art or historical learning.

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