English Explanatory Dictionary

historic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
  2. Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
  3. Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
  4. Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
noun
  1. A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
  2. A historian.

Pronunciation

/hɪˈstɒɹɪk/ /ɪˈstɒɹɪk/ /hɪˈstɔɹɪk/ /ɪˈstɔɹɪk/ /ɪˈstɑɹɪk/ En-us-historic.ogg

Word forms

historic more historic most historic historick hystoric historique historics

Etymology

From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. By surface analysis, history + -ic.

Synonyms

notable significant landmark momentous groundbreaking dated old-fangled outdated bygone foregone important historical

Antonyms

unhistoric

Related words

historicaster

Derived words

ahistoric ahistoricism antihistoricism antihistoricist ethnohistoric historic county historic criticism historic district historic infinitive historicism historicist historicistic historicity historicization historicize historicness historic present historic present tense historic rhyme historic site macrohistoric microhistoric mythohistoric nonhistoric past historic past historic tense polyhistoric posthistoric prehistoric present historic protohistoric sociohistoric unhistoric
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