Related Words for historical present

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WordSyllablesCategories
present
/x
Noun
past
/
Noun
past tense
//
Phrase, Noun
future tense
/x/
Phrase, Noun
preterite
/xx
Noun
future
/x
Noun
time
/
Noun
hic et nunc
/xx
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
here and now
///
Phrase, Adverb, Noun
perfect
x/
Adjective
past participle
//xxx
Phrase, Noun
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
here
/
Adverb
aorist
x/x
Noun
perfective
x/x
Adjective
pluperfect
/x/
Noun
yesterday
/xx
Noun
fait accompli
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
bygone
/x
Adjective
wind
/
Noun
have
/
Verb
good old days
///
Phrase, Noun
water over the dam
/x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
carriages
/xx
Noun
last time
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
just a minute
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
shopping
/x
Noun
entering
/xx
Verb
previous
/xx
Adjective
water under the bridge
/x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
yesteryear
/xx
Noun
old news
//
Name, Name
time out of mind
////
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
no place
//
Phrase, Noun
voting
/x
Noun
continued
x/x
Verb
thread of life
///
Phrase, Noun
listening
/xx
Verb
instructs
x/
Verb
rite
/
Noun
searing
/x
Noun
supine
x/
Adjective
keeps
/
Verb
then
/
Adverb
slain
/
Noun
scheduled
/x
Verb
abducted
x/x
Adjective
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
acquaint
x/
Verb, Adjective
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
actuality
xx/xx
Noun
advanced
x/
Adjective
affords
x/
Verb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
annual
/xx
Adjective, Name
anterior
x/xx
Adjective
antique
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
appear
x/
Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
archival
x/x
Noun, Adjective
archives
/x
Adjective
are
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assembly
x/x
Noun
assert
x/
Verb, Noun
assist
x/
Verb, Noun
attend
x/
Verb
attendance
x/x
Noun
attendee
x//
Noun
audience
/xx
Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
award
x/
Noun, Verb
aware
x/
Adjective, Verb
aye
/
Name, Adverb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
being
/x
Noun
bequeath
x/
Verb
bestow
x/
Verb, Noun
biblical
/xx
Adjective
biographical
xx/xx
Adjective
biographies
x/xx
Noun
birthday
/x
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
bring home
//
Phrase, Verb
bring in
/x
Phrase, Verb
bring out
//
Phrase, Verb
bung
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cede
/
Verb
certificate
x/xx
Noun, Verb
chamber
/x
Noun, Verb
changed
/
Adjective
christmas
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
christmas gift
/x/
Name, Verb
chronological
xx/xx
Adjective
chronology
x/xx
Noun
cognizance
/xx
Noun
cognizant
/xx
Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
commend
x/
Verb, Noun
commentaries
/xxx
Noun
communicate
x/xx
Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
confer
x/
Verb, Noun
confront
x/
Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
contain
x/
Verb
contemporary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
continuum
x/xx
Noun
convey
x/
Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
dag
/
Noun, Verb
daily
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb
date
/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
defend
x/
Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demo
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
describe
x/
Verb
descriptive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
diachronic
xx/x
Adjective
dicta
/x
Noun
disclose
x/
Verb, Noun
discounted
/xx
Adjective
display
x/
Noun, Verb
dissertations
xx/x
Noun
distribute
x/x
Verb
documents
/xx
Verb
donate
/x
Verb, Noun
dower
/
Noun, Verb
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
economic
xx/x
Adjective
effecting
x/x
Adjective
endow
x/
Verb
ent
/
Noun, Verb
entail
x/
Verb, Noun
epochal
/xx
Adjective
essay
x/
Noun, Verb
ethnographic
xx/x
Adjective
ethnological
/x/xx
Adjective
evident
/xx
Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exhibit
x/x
Noun, Verb
exist
x/
Verb
existence
x/x
Noun
existent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
expected
x/x
Adjective
explain
x/
Verb
expose
x/
Verb
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
extant
/x
Adjective
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
find
/
Verb, Noun
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
force
/
Noun, Verb
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formulate
/xx
Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
furnish
/x
Verb, Noun
geographic
xx/x
Adjective
geographical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
geologic
xx/x
Adjective
geological
xx/xx
Adjective
gift
/
Noun, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
give away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
give out
//
Phrase, Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
gone
/
Adjective
grant
/
Noun, Verb
groundbreaking
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hand out
//
Phrase, Verb
handbook
/x
Noun
hereby
x/
Adverb
herein
x/
Adverb
hereof
x/
Adverb
hereto
x/x
Adverb
herewith
//
Adverb
heritage
/xx
Noun
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
historian
x/xx
Noun
historic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
histories
/xx
Adverb
historiographic
/xx/x
Adjective
hong
/
Name
hour
/x
Noun
hui
/x
Name
ic
x
Name, Adjective
illustrate
/xx
Verb
imagine
x/x
Verb, Noun
immediate
x/xx
Adjective