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

The histories, stories and insights into personalities will be lost forever. — Gary Barron, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

While Future, Drizzy and Trav have extensive collaborative histories with one another, this marks the first time the rap avengers trio has joined forces on a track. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026

This melding of ultra-modern fabrication and centuries-old craft compounds West’s broader vision for costuming Dune, creating futuristic objects that appear to have lived entire histories. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

These events show why countries need to share information quickly, verify travel histories and maintain contact tracing across borders. — Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

Our resistance was formulated by selecting ingredients from the blend of cultures and histories, and coming up with something new. — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026

The show’s conservative leanings have become harder and harder to stomach amid the rise of MAGA — cast members’ donation histories are easier to ignore than their likes on wildly transphobic posts. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

The bill that brought forward the ballot question aimed to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by acknowledging the role of firearms in both Idaho’s and America’s histories. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026

Seven of the offenders had histories of intimate partner violence, and none of the victims had filed for a protective order or called the local domestic violence hotline before they were killed. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026