memento
Object preserving sentiment
A memento is an object kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event: She kept the ticket stub as a memento of their first date.
Mementos are typically small and portable—photographs, souvenirs, keepsakes.
The word emphasizes the object's power to evoke memory rather than its monetary value.
Token from a trip
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- trinketSmall worthless ornament
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- relicPreserved ancient object
charm · locket · medallion · figurine · amulet · bauble · miniature · curio
Preserved ancient object
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- vestigeFaint surviving trace
- remnantWhat stays after most goes
fragment · fossil · antiquity · remains · ruin · evidence · scrap · exhibit
Representative placeholder
symbol · testimony · testament · mark · sign · touchstone · emblem
Held dear, prized
- treasuredRegarded with deep affection
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
poignant · evocative · wistful · heartfelt · endearing · meaningful · precious · sentimental value
Head's bone casing
- vanitasPainting of mortality symbols
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- mortalityState of eventual death
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
transience · death · meditation · reflection · brevity · fleeting
souvenir
Token from a trip
relic · charm · locket · medallion · figurine · amulet · bauble · miniature · curio · collectible
relic
Preserved ancient object
remnant · fragment · fossil · antiquity · remains · ruin · evidence · scrap · exhibit · rarity
token
Representative placeholder
cue · symbol · testimony · testament · mark · sign · touchstone · emblem
cherished
Held dear, prized
- treasuredRegarded with deep affection
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
bittersweet · poignant · evocative · wistful · heartfelt · endearing · meaningful · precious · sentimental value · emotional
skull
Head's bone casing
- vanitasPainting of mortality symbols
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- mortalityState of eventual death
impermanence · transience · death · meditation · reflection · brevity · fleeting
- curioscurios, curio, curiosities, curiosity, knickknacks
- gift-givinggift-giving, giving, present, donation, charity
- keepsakeskeepsake, keepsakes, heirlooms, heirloom, family heirlooms
- sentimental keepsakesengagement ring, wedding ring, locket, keepsake, heirloom
- souvenirssnow globe, souvenirs, magnets, magnet, keychains
- sentimental thingslove, nostalgia, sentimentality, keepsake, heirloom
mementopremonition
Advance sense of future events
omen · forecast · harbinger · aspiration · portent
mementooblivion
Complete erasure from memory
amnesia · erasure · blank slate · forgetfulness · tabula rasa
- memento moriArtistic death reminder