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

Depending on the source and legal process, the evidence can include phone-location data, internet search histories and chatbot prompts. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

That trust is earned through a commitment to evidence, authenticity and scholarship and creates environments where visitors are more willing to engage with difficult histories, challenge assumptions and consider new perspectives. — Ronald Leopold, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Workflows should preserve the sources, time stamps and version histories of datasets, images, text and emails. — Muhamad Aly Rifai, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

In particular, González’s works enable his performers to obliquely animate histories of resistance and refusal. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The show acknowledges the two histories aren’t equivalent yet invokes the comparison anyway, congratulating itself for recognizing the distinction while still harvesting the emotional weight of the analogy. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

Walgreens says customers do not need to take any action to transfer their prescriptions to another location, since its pharmacies nationwide have access to customers' prescription records, insurance information and medication histories. — Ahmed Jawadi, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Although consumers cannot access the private MLS directly, licensed agents can view information that is not publicly available, including showing instructions, price-change histories and other market data. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

They’ve just been repeated over and over again and have established themselves as kind of official histories of that era and are widely believed, even if they weren’t widely believed at the time. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026