historical

Meanings

Plural: historicals

Adjective

of or relating to the study of history
- "historical scholars"
- "a historical perspective"
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

Adjective Satellite

having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
- "the historical Jesus"
- "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"
- "actual historical events"
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
- "historical (or historic) times"
- "a historical character"

Adj

Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
About history; depicting persons or events from history.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
Set in the past.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
Synonym of hereditary or evolutionary.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically"

Noun

A historical romance.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to). By surface analysis, history + -ical.

Synonyms

ancient, bygone, diachronic, former, hereditary or evolutionary, historial, historic, old, past

Antonyms

ahistorical, anachronistic, contemporary, expected, future, modern, present, present-day, projected, synchronic

Scrabble Score: 15

historical is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
historical is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
historical is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

historical is a valid Words With Friends word