as in suggestive
provoking a memory or mental association
a sparkling winter day that was oddly reminiscent of summer in its cheering sunniness
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Recent Examples of reminiscent
In a scene that’s reminiscent of a Lenny Bruce routine about a white man and a Black man at a cocktail party, Virginia wrongly assumes that the del Valles are Mexican when in fact Pablo is Chilean and Tania was born in New Mexico.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
On their way out — as security guards approach armed with fire extinguishers — one of the sprinters stops and dances to celebrate their successful escape, a move reminiscent of a taunt from the video game Fortnite.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Fragrant blue-green foliage is accented by unique flowers reminiscent of hops, with papery, rose-pink bracts draping the plant all summer.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
The dragon’s tail on the Crew-13 patch wraps around Earth in a manner reminiscent of the blue contrail that connects Earth with the horses on the Apollo 13 insignia.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
On their way out — as security guards approach armed with fire extinguishers — one of the sprinters stops and dances to celebrate their successful escape, a move reminiscent of a taunt from the video game Fortnite.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Fragrant blue-green foliage is accented by unique flowers reminiscent of hops, with papery, rose-pink bracts draping the plant all summer.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
The dragon’s tail on the Crew-13 patch wraps around Earth in a manner reminiscent of the blue contrail that connects Earth with the horses on the Apollo 13 insignia.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reminiscent
Adjective
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Proofs are littered with suggestive ellipses.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Researchers also found highly suggestive evidence that eating more ultraprocessed foods raised the risk of obesity by 55%, sleep disorders by 41%, development of type 2 diabetes by 40% and the risk of depression by 20%.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Secondly, don’t choose anything too revealing, dramatic, or attention-grabbing.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
30 Apr. 2026
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The preserved documents—often far more personal and revealing than the average newspaper obituary—speak to this era’s contributions to Ypsilanti, extolling leadership roles in local philanthropic and religious organizations.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Apr. 2026
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The lyrics—elsewhere evocative—wilt dramatically, a slurry of platitudes.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sadie Benning and Michael Almereyda have found ghostly, evocative textures using Pixelvision, a Fisher-Price toy camera from the late 1980s.—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Reminiscent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reminiscent. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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