evoke
Bring to mind
Evoke means to call forth or bring to mind.
A song evokes memories; a speech evokes emotion; a smell evokes a particular place and time.
The word suggests something summoned rather than stated directly—The film evokes the atmosphere of 1920s Paris without explicitly depicting it.
To evoke a response is to draw it out: Her testimony evoked gasps from the jury.
Recall past experiences fondly
- recallMemory retrieval act
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
remembrance · retrospect · bygone · yesteryear · recollect · keepsake · souvenir · reminiscence
Sensed inner state
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
- passionIntense emotional drive
- stirMix by circling
- arouseTo stimulate or excite
awaken · kindle · elicit · trigger · heartstrings · empathy · sympathy · nostalgia
Summon by supernatural means
- summonCall to appear
- call forthSummon or elicit
- raiseLift or increase
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
beckon · incantation · séance · ritual · spirit · specter · apparition · channeling
reminisce
Recall past experiences fondly
- recallMemory retrieval act
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
flashback · remembrance · retrospect · bygone · yesteryear · recollect · keepsake · souvenir · reminiscence · memoir
feeling
Sensed inner state
arouse · awaken · kindle · elicit · trigger · heartstrings · empathy · sympathy · nostalgia · melancholy
conjure
Summon by supernatural means
- summonCall to appear
- call forthSummon or elicit
- raiseLift or increase
manifest · beckon · incantation · séance · ritual · spirit · specter · apparition · channeling · medium
conjure
Summon by supernatural means
render · depict · convey · atmosphere · vivid · sensory · visceral · immersive · scene · picture
elicit
Draw out by effort
arouse · stimulate · draw out · extract · inspire · reaction · association · resonance · recognition · response
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- bring outdraw out, bring forth, elicit, educe, extract
- communicateexpress, convey, communicate, tell, share
- magic wordsabracadabra, alakazam, hocus pocus, presto, open sesame
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember