Synonyms of histories

histories

noun

plural of history

1

as in annals

an account of important events in the order in which they happened

a history of the American civil rights movement during the 1960s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annals
• records
• chronicles
• journals
• commentaries
• biographies
• memoirs
• diaries
• reminiscences
• narratives
• archives
• autobiographies
• documentations
• reports
• blogs
• sagas
• lives
• logs
• legends
• tales
• genealogies
• registers
• stories
• epics
• chronologies

2

as in chronologies

a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened

we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chronologies
• stories
• accounts
• records
• versions
• narratives
• chronicles
• narrations
• reports
• memoirs
• tales
• diaries
• commentaries
• sagas
• depositions
• annals
• documentations
• witnesses
• testimonies
• anecdotes
• logs
• testimonials
• journals
• testaments
• logbooks
• blogs
• minutes
• romances
• yarns
• epics
• recitations
• case histories
• case studies
• gests
• recitals
• procès-verbaux

3

as in pasts

the events or experience of former times

history has many lessons to teach us, if only we would listen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pasts
• yesterdays
• yesteryears
• yores
• annals
• records
• memoirs
• antiquities
• auld lang synes
• bygones
• flashbacks
• chronicles
• long agos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• futures
• futurities
• offings
• tomorrows
• hereafters
• moments
• presents
• by-and-bys
• todays
• nows

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of histories

In cargo shippers’ databases, the histories and current cargo of containers are recorded and accessible via their respective codes. — Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Though Porzingis is only 31 and Melton just turned 28, the trio combined to play exactly one back-to-back set while the team remained highly cautious with their workload due to their injury histories. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

The state of Florida offers several databases where patients can check on the histories of doctors and their practices. — Ella Moore july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

For the last 11 years, Leiva worked alongside Jacques and other community members to document and preserve the histories of the historic hill, once home to over 1,000 families. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Michigan’s health department went through the food histories of 190 people already sick with the parasite who had eaten at Taco Bell, and 90 percent of them had eaten iceberg lettuce. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Personally, my worst nightmare would be traveling with one of my best friends and a bunch of strangers, to me, who have these deep histories to the friend. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

But some histories remain carried not in monuments, but in the memory of those who choose to keep showing up as the world changes around them. — William Jones, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Criminal histories can also continue to limit access to social support or higher earnings. — Amber Gaudet july 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026