History definition

History as a noun

1. the aggregate of past events

   "a critical time in the school's history"

2. a record or narrative description of past events

   "a history of France"

   Same sense: story, account, chronicle

3. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings

   "he teaches Medieval history"

4. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future

   "all of human history"

5. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge

   "the dawn of recorded history"

Synonyms and antonyms

• story definition
• account definition
• chronicle

All synonyms of history, sense by sense

How to say history

History has 3 syllables and rhymes with mystery. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with history

• mystery
• protohistory

HISTORY in word games

Scrabble

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Words With Friends

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Anagrams

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Is HISTORY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check HISTORY in the word checker, or unscramble HISTORY to see the shorter words in its letters.