historic

About 13.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.

   A historic opportunity

2. adjective Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
3. adjective Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
4. adjective Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.

   The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.

5. noun A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
6. noun A historian.

Similar words

important historical past of import epochal epoch-making ground-breaking groundbreaking momentous memorable

Often followed by

and preservation site sites buildings times district period interest places

Word family

historical