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

Foreman said many tenants with eviction histories haven’t been evicted again in the years since, but are still burdened by their record. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

The exhibition assembles works by artists with connections to these islands, bringing histories into dialogue and celebrating their distinct cultural identities while revealing deep connections that supersede proximity. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

After this article was published, the Department of Homeland Security’s media office sent a statement listing the criminal histories of Morffi and Rodriguez and explaining that their green cards were revoked due to their crimes. — Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Official histories of the English monarchy also commonly begin their post-Conquest lists with William I, even though the monarchy itself long predates 1066. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 10 July 2026

And to cultivate a connection to place, manufacturers can use fibers and dyes that reflect local textures and histories, essentially reframing clothing as a map of the land, honoring its distinctive ancestral roots. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 10 July 2026

Space OneZ, a hundred-year-old marine warehouse in Yeongdo, will house the exhibition’s second second movement, investigating port histories and aquatic myth, as well as concepts of labor and resistance. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026

Even when Fried and Rodón return, both have injury histories that don’t inspire confidence. — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Across the exhibition, photographs become places where personal histories intersect with broader cultural narratives, revealing how memory continues to evolve long after an image is made. — Photovogue, Vogue, 2 July 2026