Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "history" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

future future record future writings present present time record studying studying future time writings

Typical Location

museum

Capable Of

continue to repeat

Causes Desire

see old things

Defined As

manifestation of complex adaptive system study of past events written record

Derived Terms

Whig history allohistory alternate history alternative history althistory ancient history anthrohistory antihistoricism antihistoricist antihistory arc of history art history ash heap of history ashcan of history astrohistory back history big history biohistory call history case history computation history counterhistory credit history deep history dust heap of history dustbin of history ecohistory employment history end of history end-of-history illusion ethnohistory family history future history garbage heap of history geohistory germ history go down in history herstory historian historic historical historically historicide historied historify historiography historiology historize history book history books history is written by the victors history of ideas history of the four kings history painting history repeats itself history sheet history-sheeter historybounding historyless historylike historymaker historywise kisstory landfill of history life history living history lost to history macrohistory make history medical history megahistory metahistory microhistory minihistory mis-history modern history multi-history interpretation mystory mythistory mythohistory natural history nonhistory on the right side of history on the wrong side of history oral history palaeohistory paleohistory postal history posthistory prehistorian prehistoric prehistory prosecution history prosecution history estoppel protohistory pseudo-history pseudohistory psychohistory public history rewrite history secret history shadow history social history sociohistory subhistory the rest is history time history trash bin of history trash heap of history tribal history unhistory work history world history xenohistory

Distinct From

geography math science

Etymologically Related To

story

Context

computing medicine

Has Property

important

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arts cognition continuum humanistic discipline humanities knowledge liberal arts noesis past past times record yesteryear

Type Of (IsA)

academic journal another way to say passed events bunk cognition continuum fiction humanistic discipline information about past knowledge of past events narrative past record story of what

Receives Action

written by winners of wars

Related Terms

historiaster

Related Terms

accounting accounting past ago american ancient ancient american ancient fact ancient past area assessment blistery book book record books books subject boring browser chemistry civilization class class course class subject classes college college course conditions course dates documentation documentation time event event record events existence experience fact facts geography happened happenings has has passed humanities important important events in past kind lesson like like past lincoln lincoln kind long long ago long past long time mankind mans mans existence many years medical narrate news notable of mankind old old class old events old happenings old news old people old stuff old things old times olden olden times our our past pass pass stories passed past past ancient past class past events past experience past facts past record past recording past stories past study past time past times people record recorded recorded events recording research research topic school school book school books school class school course school subject school topic school work science social social studies stories storytelling studies study study past studying studying past stuff subject subject area text text books time time record times topic tracking tracking past wars web page what what happened work world world events years

Synonym Network

account annals background chronicle log medical history

Used For

remembering past

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.