reminiscent
Bringing back memories
Reminiscent means suggestive or evocative of something else: The melody was reminiscent of Chopin.
The word implies a resemblance that triggers memory or association.
Something reminiscent of the past recalls it without being identical.
A person feeling reminiscent is in a mood for recalling memories: She grew reminiscent over old photographs.
Smelling strongly of something
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- echoReflected sound wave
- allusionIndirect reference to something
conjure · resonant · atmospheric · haunting · trigger · imagery · symbolic · connotation
Sadly longing for something
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
melancholic · homesick · sepia-toned · misty-eyed · pining · hiraeth · poignant · mournful
Pleasing olfactory quality
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- textureSurface tactile quality
- glimpseFleeting view
familiar · déjà vu · flashback · triggered · association · recognition · whiff · strain
Inclined to deep thought
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- introspectiveExamining one's own mind
- musingReflective contemplation
thoughtful · ruminative · brooding · soul-searching · absorbed · philosophical · dreamy · reverie
redolent
Smelling strongly of something
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- echoReflected sound wave
allusion · conjure · resonant · atmospheric · haunting · trigger · imagery · symbolic · connotation · aroma
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
bittersweet · melancholic · homesick · sepia-toned · misty-eyed · pining · hiraeth · poignant · mournful · heartache
fragrance
Pleasing olfactory quality
glimpse · familiar · déjà vu · flashback · triggered · association · recognition · whiff · strain · chord
contemplative
Inclined to deep thought
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- introspectiveExamining one's own mind
musing · thoughtful · ruminative · brooding · soul-searching · absorbed · philosophical · dreamy · reverie · remembering
- nostalgianostalgia, nostalgic, memories, memory, retrospective
- resemblanceresemble, similar, alike, lookalike, likeness
- contemplativecontemplative, introspective, reflective, pensive, meditative
- Impressionist Art Termshazy, atmospheric, dappled, luminous, painterly
reminiscentforward-looking
Oriented toward the future
anticipatory · prospective · predictive · visionary · progressive
reminiscentoriginal
First or inventive
unfamiliar · dissimilar · unique · unrelated · novel
reminisce, reminiscence, reminisced, reminisces, reminiscences, reminiscently, reminiscer