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| Main Entry: |
historic
 [hi-stawr-ik, -stor-] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | momentous, remarkable |
| Synonyms: | celebrated, consequential, extraordinary, famous, important, memorable, notable, outstanding, red-letter, significant, well-known |
| 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: | unimportant, unremarkable |
| Main Entry: | memorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noteworthy, significant |
| Synonyms: | A-1, big-league, bodacious, catchy, celebrated, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, doozie, enduring, eventful, extraordinary, famous, great, heavy*, heavyweight, historic, hot*, illustrious, important, impressive, indelible, interesting, lasting, major-league, meaningful, mind-blowing*, momentous, monumental, notable, observable, red-letter, remarkable, rememberable, rubric, serious, signal, something, standout, striking, super, surpassing, terrible, terrific, top-drawer, unforgettable |
| Antonyms: | forgettable, insignificant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | momentous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; serious |
| Synonyms: | big, chips are down, consequential, considerable, critical, crucial, decisive, earth-shaking, earth-shattering, epochal, eventful, far-reaching, fateful, grave, heavy, heavy number, historic, material, meaningful, memorable, notable, of moment, outstanding, pivotal, significant, substantial, vital, weighty |
| Notes: | momentary means fleeting, brief; momentous means significant and having great consequence |
| Antonyms: | immaterial, insignificant, trifling, trivial, unimportant |
Example Sentences
- But to get off the highway and into historic mining towns.
- Historic record indicates every extinction was followed by more advanced species replacing the ones lost.
- Universities remain virtually free, but change may be coming to their historic halls.
| Main Entry: | monumental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive, overwhelming |
| Synonyms: | awe-inspiring, awesome, classic, enduring, enormous, fantastic, gigantic, grand, great, historic, huge, immense, immortal, important, lasting, lofty, majestic, mammoth, massive, memorable, mighty, mortal, mountainous, outstanding, prodigious, significant, stupendous, towering, tremendous, unforgettable, vast |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, trivial, unimportant, unimposing, unimpressive |
| Main Entry: | time-honored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | traditional |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, ancestral, classic, classical, conventional, customary, fixed, folk, historic, long-established, old, popular, regular, rooted, standard, taken for granted, universal, usual, vintage, widespread |
| Main Entry: | traditional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | usual, established |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, accustomed, acknowledged, ancestral, classic, classical, common, conventional, customary, doctrinal, fixed, folk, habitual, historic, immemorial, long-established, old, oral, popular, prescribed, regular, rooted, sanctioned, taken for granted, time-honored, transmitted, universal, unwritten, widely used, widespread |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unestablished, unfixed, untraditional, unusual |
| Main Entry: | unforgettable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | memorable |
| Synonyms: | catchy, distinguished, enduring, eventful, exceptional, extraordinary, famous, great, historic, illustrious, important, lasting, meaningful, monumental, not to be forgotten, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, rememberable, remembered, significant, super |
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