reminiscent

[ rem-uh-nis-uh nt ]

SEE DEFINITION OF reminiscent

adj.suggestive of something in the past

Synonyms for reminiscent

MOST RELEVANT

Antonyms for reminiscent

impressionistic

adjective. suggestive

insinuating

adjective. provoking doubt

redolent

adjective. aromatic; suggestive

remembering

adjective. remembered

suggestive

adjective. signifying

Word Origin & History

1705, from Latin reminiscentem (nominative reminiscens), present participle of reminisci "call to mind, remember" (see reminiscence). Related: Reminiscential (1640s).

Example Sentences forreminiscent

Her face lit up with a reminiscent smile, and then clouded again.

Its humor is irresistible and reminiscent of the time when the reader was Seventeen.

He said that the air was too reminiscent of a place where he was severely gassed.

Robie was busy at his desk, and not in humor for conversation on reminiscent lines.

Geraldine gasped with reminiscent horror of that low-ceiled kitchen.

They sat in front of the log-house in the evening, Balderson mellow and reminiscent.

Ross made no comment, and the other went on, in a tone of reminiscent sadness.

It is reminiscent, with many differences, of an Algerian oasis.

“It was some walloping, too,” said Old Hundred, with a reminiscent grin.

But although subjugated and exorcised, she at least was reminiscent.