recollected

Brought to mind

Recollected is the past tense of recollect, meaning to remember or call back to mind: She recollected their first meeting vividly.

It often suggests deliberate retrieval of memory rather than spontaneous recall: He paused, trying to recollect where he'd left the keys.

As an adjective, recollected describes memories that have been retrieved: recollected impressions of childhood.

remembered

recalled

Brought back mentally

evoked · revived · resurfaced · reawakened · recaptured · brought back · conjured · dredged up · thought back · harked back

reflective

contemplative

Inclined to deep thought

ruminative · musing · brooding · wistful · thoughtful · pondering · nostalgic · retrospective · soul-searching · philosophical

composed

serene

Untroubled and composed

poised · self-possessed · coolheaded · unflappable · imperturbable · collected · steady · equable · unperturbed · stoic

gathered

reassembled

Made whole again

pulled together · reconvened · reunited · consolidated · restored · recomposed · reconstituted

Opposites
memory retrieval

recollectedforgotten

No longer recalled

unremembered · lost · erased · blanked · repressed

emotional composure

recollectedagitated

Emotionally disturbed, restless

flustered · unhinged · perturbed · disturbed · upset

Phrases
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recollect, recollection, recollecting, recollects, misrecollection, unrecollected, misrecollecting

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