Synonyms of chroniclers

chroniclers

noun

plural of chronicler

as in historians

a student or writer of history

chroniclers who gave often conflicting accounts of battles, depending upon which side they favored

Synonyms & Similar Words

• historians
• biographers
• annalists
• autobiographers
• archivists
• genealogists
• hagiographers
• chronologists

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chroniclers

Colonial chroniclers recorded epidemics, but their descriptions cannot always identify the responsible pathogen or follow its spread through Indigenous communities. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 30 July 2026

Abu Sitta has become one of the most prolific chroniclers of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba and one of the most forceful advocates for Palestinian return. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

For decades, Spielberg has been one of our foremost chroniclers of America’s fascination with aliens, touching on the topic in films like 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 1981’s ET. — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026

History’s chroniclers are watching. — Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2026

The Persian term Mughal, or Moghol, refers to people with Mongol roots; later chroniclers and local populations of India started calling the empire’s rulers by that name, as they were descended from the formidable Mongol conqueror. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026

Indeed, some chroniclers say the history of Pan Am and that of modern Miami are inseparable. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

Tituba, one of the first women accused of being a witch in Salem, Massachusetts, was described by nineteenth-century chroniclers as a Black woman. — Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026

Its sources include medieval chroniclers, eccentric antiquaries, and no doubt many denizens of the British Museum’s Reading Room. — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026