Antonyms for historical
hɪˈstɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈstɒr-his·tor·i·cal

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1. historicaladjective

   Synonyms:
   historic

2. historicaladjective

   Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

   Synonyms:
   historic

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1. historicaladjective

   of or relating to the study of history

   "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"

   Antonyms:
   future, ahistorical, present(a), unreal

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

2. historicaladjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   present(a), unreal, future, ahistorical

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

3. historic, historicaladjective

   belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

   "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

   Antonyms:
   future, ahistorical, unreal, present(a)

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

4. diachronic, historicaladjective

   used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time

   "diachronic linguistics"

   Antonyms:
   unreal, future, present(a), ahistorical

   Synonyms:
   historic, diachronic

How to use historical in a sentence?

1. Sebastian Gorka:

   If you have a broad historical sense you will understand that even if Putin says he's killing terrorists or even if China says they're fighting the Uyghur nationalists that doesn't mean they're on our side, putin is a former KGB colonel, he's a thug, he's a vicious man. He runs a country in which journalists get murdered if they disagree with the Kremlin. China is the world's last communist dictatorship. It may be running around doing quasi-capitalist things but it is a one party state and to say that we have shared interests. No Mr. Trump, we don't and we should really stick to the friends we already have.

2. Jack Greatrex:

   You hear of the plague, and instantly you think of Black Death which ravages Europe, it has that enormous historical baggage, it's where lots of our ideas about what it means to have an epidemic comes from.

3. Hillel Tobias:

   The problem is that most professionals in the liver community find this hard to accept, the physiological and biochemical basis has not been established and some experimental evidence is needed. Right now, many of these studies are based on historical information provided by patients.

4. Sean Savett:

   The Senate held swift confirmation votes for the DHS Secretary nominee in 2009 and 2017 in order for them to start on day one for good reason, senator Hawley's threat to disrupt historical practice and try to leave this vital position vacant is dangerous, especially in this time of overlapping crises when there is not a moment to waste.

5. Jason Wang:

   Based on an historical analysis of the last oil crash and recent payment behavior trends, we expect materially higher delinquency rates in Alberta and Saskatchewan in the second half of 2015.

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