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history

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of history

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

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

annals, chronicle, record
Words Related to history

blog, commentary, diary, journal, memoir, reminiscence(s)

autobiography, biography, life

epic, legend, narrative, saga, story, tale

archives, documentation, log, register, report

chronology, genealogy

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

  • we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail
Synonyms of history

account, chronicle, chronology, commentary (usually commentaries), narration, narrative, record, report, story
Words Related to history

version

deposition, documentation, testament, testimonial, testimony, witness

annals, blog, diary, journal, log, logbook, memoir

minutes, procès-verbal

anecdote, tale, yarn

epic, saga

gest (or geste), romance

recital, recitation

case history, case study

3 the events or experience of former times

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

auld lang syne, past, yesterday, yesteryear, yore
Words Related to history

bygone

flashback

annals, chronicle, record

memoir

antiquity, long ago
Near Antonyms of history

by-and-by, future, futurity, hereafter, offing, tomorrow

moment, now, present, today

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