Synonyms for history
Another word for history is story, account or chronicle. Below are 3 synonyms and 25 related words across 5 senses.
Also searched as: histories.
1. noun: the aggregate of past events
2. noun: a record or narrative description of past events
- story synonyms
- account synonyms
- chronicle synonyms
3. noun: the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
4. noun: the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
5. noun: all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- past synonyms
- past times
- yesteryear
- life synonyms
- life story
- life history
- record synonyms
- case history
- ancient history
- historical record
- historical paper
- historical document
- biography
- chronological record
- annals
- recital synonyms
- etymology
- arts
- liberal arts
- humanities
- humanistic discipline
- continuum
- knowledge
- cognition
- noesis
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Questions people ask
What is another word for history?
You can say story, account or chronicle instead of history. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the aggregate of past events".
What is the opposite of history?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for history; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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