historical B1 Topic:Culture & History US /hɪˈstɔɹɪkəl/ UK /hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/ See IPA manual Freq #6505 Meanings 1 adj Connected with the past or with the study of history. The museum has a large collection of historical documents. 2 adj Belonging to or based on real events in the past, not legend or fiction. There is strong evidence that he was a real historical figure. 3 adj Relating to the academic study of history. She does historical research on life in medieval towns. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · belonging to or based on... historic More ancientbygoneformerhistorialoldpast ↔ Opposites ahistoricalanachronisticcontemporaryexpectedfuturemodernpresentpresent-dayprojected Word family Derived forms ahistoricalallohistoricalanhistoricalantihistoricalart-historicalbiohistoricalcounterhistoricalcryptohistoricalculture-historicalculturohistoricalecohistoricalethnohistorical Common collocations historical document Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to). By surface analysis, history + -ical. Topics Culture & History Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # historical **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /hɪˈstɔɹɪkəl/ **IPA (UK):** /hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/ **Frequency rank:** 6505 ## Meanings 1. Connected with the past or with the study of history. 2. Belonging to or based on real events in the past, not legend or fiction. 3. Relating to the academic study of history. ## Examples - The museum has a large collection of historical documents. - There is strong evidence that he was a real historical figure. - She does historical research on life in medieval towns. ## Synonyms - ancient - bygone - former - historial - old - past ## Antonyms - ahistorical - anachronistic - contemporary - expected - future - modern - present - present-day - projected ## Derived Forms - ahistorical - allohistorical - anhistorical - antihistorical - art-historical - biohistorical - counterhistorical - cryptohistorical - culture-historical - culturohistorical - ecohistorical - ethnohistorical ## Etymology From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to). By surface analysis, history + -ical. ## AI Etymology Historical comes from Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to). By surface analysis, history + -ical. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Connected with the past or with the study of history” and “Belonging to or based on real events in the past, not legend or fiction”. ## Topics - Culture & History - Register & Style markdown