remindful
7.5
Causing you to think of something from the past
- adjective
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evocador
- The scent of the flowers was remindful of springtime in the countryside.
Examples
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His words were remindful of the advice she had received from her grandmother.
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So stay together, be remindful of the weather, and, for Heaven's sakes, don't pick it, or it will never heal.
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The nostalgic music was remindful of her childhood vacations at the beach.
Synonyms
reminiscent
vsremindful
63
5.7
Reminds you of a person, time, or thing from the past
is more general and does not always point to one clear example
evocative
vsremindful
23
6.7
Making you remember things or feel strong emotions
is more neutral and less focused on vivid emotional images
resonant
vsremindful
10
6.5
Making you remember a strong feeling or image
is more surface-level in effect and lacks deep emotional echo
2
8.3
Causing you to remember something strongly
is more neutral or less strongly suggestive in tone
9.9
Making someone remember past events, like a song or a smell
is not limited to past events and can refer to present or future associations
How Evocative
Surface Forms
remindful positive
Morphology
Etymology
Remindful is made from remind and the ending -ful. The verb remind comes from re- 'again' and mind 'memory', and the ending -ful means 'full of', so remindful means 'full of reminders' or something that brings things back to mind.