historical
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of or relating to the study of history
historical scholars
Related & opposite
- ahistorical antonym
- historicalness derivation
- history derivation
- history pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
the historical Jesus
Related & opposite
- historicalness derivation
- real similar to
Sense 3 adjective
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
historic victories
Related & opposite
- historicalness derivation
- history derivation
- history derivation
- past similar to
Sense 4 adjective
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
diachronic linguistics
Related & opposite
- synchronic antonym
- historicalness derivation
- historical linguistics derivation
- language domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | ahistorical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | historicalness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | history |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | history |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | historicalness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | real |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | historicalness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | history |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | history |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | past |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | synchronic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | historicalness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | historical linguistics |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | language |