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Historic

/(h)ɪˈstɒɹɪk/

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

📖 Definitions of "Historic"

noun

adjective

1
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
"A historic opportunity"
2
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
3
(grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
"The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect."

adjective

1
Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
"July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day."
2
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
3
Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
"The Royal Historical Society"
4
Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
"historical-political"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
important	Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
pastnoun	The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
historicalnoun	Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
of import	of great significance or value

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
important	Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
historicalnoun	Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
past	Having already happened; in the past; finished.
of import	of great significance or value
epochal	(figurative) Highly important or significant; monumental, epoch-making.
epoch-making	Constituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject; highly novel and influential.
ground-breaking	(idiomatic) innovative, different than other things of its type.
groundbreaking	Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.
momentous	Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.
memorable	Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
historically	According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally.
retrospective	Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
legendary	Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories.
heroic	Courageous; displaying heroism.
previous	(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
historynoun	The aggregate of past events.
storynoun	An account of real or fictional events.
ancientnoun	Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
antiquenoun	Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
former	Previous.