reminisce
Dwell on yesteryear
To reminisce is to indulge in pleasant recollection of past experiences, often aloud with others who shared them: We reminisced about our college days.
The word carries warmth and nostalgia—you reminisce about good times, not traumas.
It suggests lingering enjoyably in memory rather than merely recalling facts.
Memory retrieval act
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- rememberRetain in mind
- retrospectReflection on past events
anamnesis · episodic · autobiographical · recollect · vivid · faded · hazy · distant
Stored past experiences
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- yesteryearTime not long past
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- wistfulSadly longing for something
longing · bygone · vintage · halcyon · fondness · sepia · homesick · melancholy
Brief account of incident
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- recountNarrate or retally
- sharePortion given out
- retellNarrate once more
narrative · oral-history · memoir · gathering · fireside · conversation · elders · grandparents
Observing one's own mind
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- musingReflective contemplation
- ponderingThinking deeply about something
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
meditation · thoughtful · pensive · brooding · self-reflection · reverie · daydream · solitude
recall
Memory retrieval act
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- rememberRetain in mind
retrospect · anamnesis · episodic · autobiographical · recollect · vivid · faded · hazy · distant · fragment
memories
Stored past experiences
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- yesteryearTime not long past
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
wistful · longing · bygone · vintage · halcyon · fondness · sepia · homesick · melancholy · bittersweet
anecdote
Brief account of incident
retell · narrative · oral-history · memoir · gathering · fireside · conversation · elders · grandparents · reunion
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- musingReflective contemplation
- ponderingThinking deeply about something
rumination · meditation · thoughtful · pensive · brooding · self-reflection · reverie · daydream · solitude · mulling
longing
Intense, persistent desire
craving · wishful · sighing · homesickness · desire · regret · loss · gone · irretrievable · fleeting
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- memoriesmemories, remember, recollections, childhood memory, childhood memories
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, remember
- Looking Backremember, recall, memory, flashback, hindsight
- wantingwant, desire, crave, yearn, long
- chew overchew, ruminate, mull over, ponder, contemplate
reminisceforget
Fail to recall
blank out · repress · suppress · block out · draw a blank
reminisceanticipate
Expect beforehand
look forward · plan ahead · forecast · be present · speculate
reminiscence, reminiscent, reminiscing, reminisced, reminisces, reminiscences, reminiscently, reminiscer