Historical meaning

What does “historical” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“historical” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: of or relating to the study of history.

historical

of or relating to the study of history
“historical scholars”
“a historical perspective”
Oppositesahistorical
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”
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
“historic victories”
“historical (or historic) times”
Synonymshistoric
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
“diachronic linguistics”
Synonymsdiachronic

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University