reminding
Bringing to mind
Reminding is the act of prompting someone to remember something—an obligation, an event, a fact they may have forgotten.
I'm reminding you about tomorrow's meeting.
The word often implies gentle persistence: She kept reminding him to call his mother.
A thing can also do the reminding: The photo kept reminding her of home.
Gentle push to prompt
suggestion · notification · alert · signal · indication · stimulus · encouragement · jog
Longing for the past
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- mementoToken of recollection
souvenir · keepsake · memorabilia · photograph · heirloom · anamnesis · retrospect · recollect
Calling into consciousness
- suggestingOffering an idea indirectly
- recallingBringing to mind again
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
resembling · conjuring · hinting · invoking · summoning · calling to mind · redolent
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
persistent · incessant · prodding · nudging · hounding · hectoring · annoying · irritating
nudge
Gentle push to prompt
prod · suggestion · notification · alert · signal · indication · stimulus · encouragement · jog · trigger
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
memento · souvenir · keepsake · memorabilia · photograph · heirloom · anamnesis · retrospect · recollect · evoke
evoking
Calling into consciousness
- suggestingOffering an idea indirectly
- recallingBringing to mind again
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
mirroring · resembling · conjuring · hinting · invoking · summoning · calling to mind · redolent
pestering
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
repetitive · persistent · incessant · prodding · nudging · hounding · hectoring · annoying · irritating · bothersome
- preachingsermonizing, homiletics, altar call, scripture reading, closing prayer
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
remindingforgetting
Failing to retain memories
distracting · erasing · obliterating · suppressing · blocking out
remindingintroducing
Making first acquaintance
teaching · revealing · breaking news · disclosing · enlightening