reminiscent
/rɛmɪˈnɪs(ə)nt
/adjective
1Tending to remind one of something: the sights were reminiscent of my childhood...
- We were plunged into one of those public-service adverts reminiscent of the early days of Channel 4.
- Everything will be reminiscent of the old days of hang gliding.
1.1Absorbed in or suggesting absorption in memories: her expression was wistful and reminiscent...
- She felt strangely reminiscent of her father gazing at at the glossy surfaces of the jewel.
2Suggesting something by resemblance: her robes were vaguely reminiscent of military dress...
- Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax packages are eerily reminiscent of the Reagan cuts.
- Yet it seems eerily reminiscent of the empty politics of spin that we endure at home.
- Neat, compact, there was something about her vaguely reminiscent of a seal pup.
Synonyms
similar to, comparable with, inviting/bearing comparison with, tending to make one think of;
evocative of, suggestive of, redolent of
rare remindful of
Derivatives
reminiscently
- His letter rambled reminiscently, describing his occasional return trips to town - driving by my parents' old house, visiting with Sister Helen to chat about favorite students.
- She looked at it reminiscently and shoved it to the bottom of her bag.
- Not being too open, he didn't confess this to himself, but he made no move to deny it either, and he was smiling reminiscently when he opened the door.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Latin reminiscent- 'remembering', from the verb reminisci.
Rhymes
- well bought
- well-bound
- well-braced
- well-branched
- well bred
- well-breeched
- well-brewed
- well brick
- well-broke
- well-broken
- well-brought-up
- well-browed
- well-browned
- well-brushed
- well bucket
- well built
- well-burnished
- well-burnt
- well-calculated
- well-calved
- well-cared-for
- well carved
- well-caulked
- well chapel
- well-characterized