forgotten name
Tip-of-tongue frustration
A forgotten name is one you once knew but can no longer recall—a tip-of-the-tongue experience where the identity escapes you: I ran into someone at the store but couldn't place her forgotten name.
The phrase also describes people or things that have faded from collective memory: The artist became a forgotten name in art history.
- tip of the tongueVerge of recollection
- blankWithout marks or content
- drawing a blankUnable to remember
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- recallMemory retrieval act
on the tip · senior moment · elusive · familiar · stranger · amnesia · recognize · ring a bell · face · slip · mind · identity · lost · long lost · faded · distant · hazy · vague
- Name Mistakesmisnomer, typo, misspelling, mispronunciation, autocorrect fail
- social blundersgaffe, faux pas, misstep, blooper, flub
- washed-uphas-been, over the hill, past prime, played out, finished
- memory slipsmemory lapse, memory block, brain freeze, memory gap
forgotten, forget, forgets, forgetting, forgot, forgettable, unforgettable, forgetful, forgetfulness