Meaning of HISTORICAL

Pronunciation:			hi'storikul
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adj]  belonging to the past; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" [adj]  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" [adj]  used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [adj]  of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective" [adj]  of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"
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	Synonyms:		diachronic, existent, historic, historic, past, real
	Antonyms:		descriptive, synchronic
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		absolute, actual, admitting no question, ascertained, attested, authentic, authenticated, autobiographical, biographical, categorically true, certain, certified, chronologic, confirmable, confirmed, corroborated, de facto, demonstrable, demonstratable, demonstrated, determined, documentary, documented, effectual, established, factual, for real, genuine, hagiographic, historic, historied, historiographic, honest-to-God, inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable, irrefutable, legendary, martyrologic, not in error, objectively true, positive, provable, proved, real, recorded, reliable, self-evident, substantial, substantiated, sure-enough, testable, traditional, true, true as gospel, truthful, unanswerable, unconfutable, unconfuted, undeniable, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unimpeachable, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefutable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, verifiable, verified, veritable