historic

1. 1.

   belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

   “historic victories”

   “historical (or historic) times”

   “a historical character”

   Synonymshistorical

   Similarpast
2. 2.

   important in history

   “the historic first voyage to outer space”

   Similarimportant

Questions about historic

What does historic mean?

historic means "belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in historic?

historic has 3 syllables: hi-sto-ric. The stress falls on "sto". In IPA it is /hɪˈstɔɹɪk/.

What is another word for historic?

Close synonyms include historical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is historic a common word?

historic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with historic?

1 word rhymes with historic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.