CHRONOLOGY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CHRONOLOGY?

Need another word that means the same as “chronology”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “chronology” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Chronology” are: succession, order, course, series, chain, concatenation, train, string, cycle, progression, record, history, annals, archive, archives, register

Chronology as a Noun

Definitions of "Chronology" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chronology” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The study of historical records to establish the dates of past events.
• A list which has a chronological arrangement.
• The determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events.
• A record of events in the order of their occurrence.
• An arrangement of events in time.
• The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.

Synonyms of "Chronology" as a noun (16 Words)

annals	Historical records. The deed will live forever in the annals of infamy.
archive	A depository containing historical records and documents. They were allowed to study in the archives.
archives	Collection of records especially about an institution.
chain	A decorative chain worn round the neck as jewellery or as a badge of office. The action would initiate a chain of events.
concatenation	The linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc. It was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances.
course	A pursuit of game (especially hares) with greyhounds by sight rather than scent. The course had only nine holes.
cycle	The period of time taken to complete a cycle of events. The recurrent cycle of harvest failure food shortages and price increases.
history	A historical play. A history of the labour movement.
order	The insignia worn by members of an order of honour or merit. He would deliver special orders for the Sunday dinner.
progression	A series with a definite pattern of advance. Good opportunities for career progression.
record	Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove. He held the world record for over a decade.
register	A cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions used in shops to add up the bill. The system requires teachers to take the register at each lesson.
series	A set of games played between two teams. The metals of the lanthanide series.
string	Relating to or consisting of stringed instruments. Unwieldy packs tied up with string.
succession	The action of following in order. A succession of stalls offering soft drinks.
train	A retinue of attendants accompanying an important person. A camel train.

Usage Examples of "Chronology" as a noun

• His book transformed prehistoric chronology by applying the results of carbon dating.
• The novel abandons the conventions of normal chronology.

Associations of "Chronology" (30 Words)

annals	Used in titles of learned journals. Eighth century Northumberland annals.
antiquate	Make obsolete or old-fashioned.
apocalypse	An event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale. The apocalypse of World War II.
before	In front of someone or something. My playing days had ended six years before.
biblical	Of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible. Biblical names.
chronicle	A record or narrative description of past events. A chronicle of his life during the war years.
chronological	Calculated in terms of the passage of time. The diary provided a chronological framework for the events.
doyen	A man who is the senior member of a group. He became the doyen of British physicists.
early	Early shifts. Early man.
historical	Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time. Doubt that a historical Camelot every existed.
history	A continuous, typically chronological, record of important or public events or of a particular trend or institution. All of human history.
holocaust	Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. A nuclear holocaust.
inopportune	Not opportune. A storm blew up at an inopportune moment.
mythological	Relating to, based on, or appearing in myths or mythology. The tree of life is one of the oldest of all mythological symbols.
neolithic	Latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere.
order	Place in a certain order. The company s products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle.
paleolithic	Second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC. Paleolithic artifacts.
past	A past tense or form of a verb. A flotilla of glossy limousines swept past.
period	The interval between successive equal values of a periodic function. Two periods of PE are allocated on the timetable.
precedence	The order to be ceremonially observed by people of different rank, according to an acknowledged or legally determined system. Quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family marred the coronation.
prehistoric	No longer fashionable. Prehistoric settlements.
previous	Previous convictions a criminal record. The boat s previous owner.
previously	At an earlier time or formerly. A previously unquestioned attitude.
primordial	(of a cell, part, or tissue) in the earliest stage of development. The primordial oceans.
priority	Preceding in time. National independence takes priority over class struggle.
regimentation	The imposition of order or discipline.
secondly	In the second place. He was presented first of all as a hopelessly unqualified candidate and secondly as an extremist.
sometime	At some indefinite or unstated time. The Emperor Constantine used this speech sometime unto his bishops.
time	Assign a time for an activity or event. The bomb had been timed to go off an hour later.
timing	A particular point or period of time when something happens. One of the secrets of cricket is good timing.