| Main Entry: | historical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recorded as actually having happened |
Synonyms: |
actual, ancient, archival, attested, authentic, chronicled, classical, commemorated, documented, factual, important, in truth, old, past, real, verifiable |
| Notes: | historic means 'noteworthy, highly significant,' whereas historical means 'pertaining to history, relevant to the passage of time'; if something has a place in history, it is historic, and if something has to do with the subject of history, it is historical |
Antonyms: |
fictional |
| Main Entry: | chronological |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in consecutive time |
Synonyms: |
chronographic, chronologic, chronometric, chronometrical, chronoscopic, classified, dated, historical, horological, horometrical, in due course, in due time, in order, in sequence, junctural, order archival, ordered, progressive, sequent, sequential, tabulated, temporal |
| Notes: | the word temporal derives from Latin and chronological is from Greek; temporal is 'having to do with time as opposed to eternity, having to do with earthly life as opposed to heavenly existence, having to do with time as opposed to space' - while chronological is 'arranged according to temporal order' |
| Main Entry: | genetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming from heredity |
Synonyms: |
abiogenetic, ancestral, digenetic, eugenic, genesiological, genital, hereditary, historical, matriclinous, patrimonial, phytogenetic, sporogenous, xenogenetic |
Antonyms: |
acquired |
| Main Entry: | narrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | storylike, chronological |
Synonyms: |
anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential |
Antonyms: |
rambling |