historic

Plural: historics

Adjective Satellite

• belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
  • "historic victories"
  • "historical (or historic) times"
  • "a historical character"
• important in history
  • "the historic first voyage to outer space"

Adj

• Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
• Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
• Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
• Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.

Noun

• A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
• A historian.

Adjective

• Famous or important in history; momentous.

Examples

• A historic opportunity
• His seven-letter bingo was a historic moment in their Words With Friends rivalry.
• July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
• The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.
• The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.

Synonyms

historical, bygone, dated, foregone, groundbreaking, important, landmark, momentous, notable, old-fangled, outdated, past, significant

Antonyms

unhistoric

Related Words

historicaster

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