| Main Entry: | evocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
Synonyms: |
calling up, expressive, graphic, redolent, remindful of, reminiscent, resonant with |
| Main Entry: | redolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aromatic; suggestive |
Synonyms: |
ambrosial, balmy, evocative, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, remindful, reminiscent, scented, sweet-smelling |
| Notes: | redolent (an adjective) is customarily used of pleasant odors while reek (a verb) is used of odors that are sensorily unpleasing; redolent, 'emitting a strong odor or smell,' comes from Latin olere 'emit a smell' |
| Main Entry: | reminiscent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive of something in the past |
Synonyms: |
bringing to mind, evocative, implicative, mnemonic, nostalgic, recollective, redolent, remindful, similar |
Antonyms: |
forgetful, oblivious |
| Main Entry: | representative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | characteristic, typical |
Synonyms: |
adumbrative, archetypal, classic, classical, delineative, depictive, emblematic, evocative, exemplary, ideal, illustrative, model, presentational, prototypal, prototypical, quintessential, rep, symbolic, symbolical |
Antonyms: |
atypical, different, uncharacteristic, unrepresentative |
| Main Entry: | retro |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from yesteryear |
Synonyms: |
dated, evocative, in period style, nostalgic, old world, old-fashioned, out-of-date, passe, period |
Antonyms: |
modern |
| Main Entry: | suggestive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | signifying |
Synonyms: |
evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, symbolic, symptomatic |
Antonyms: |
meaningless, simple |
| Main Entry: | tender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affectionate, loving |
Synonyms: |
all heart, amorous, benevolent, bleeding-heart, caring, charitable, commiserative, compassionate, considerate, demonstrative, emotional, evocative, fond, forgiving, gentle, humane, kind, lenient, lovey-dovey, merciful, mild, moving, mushy, poignant, responsive, romantic, sensitive, sentimental, soft, softhearted, solicitous, sympathetic, tenderhearted, thoughtful, ticklish, tolerant, touching, touchy, warm, warmhearted, yielding |
Antonyms: |
callous, uncaring, unfeeling, unloving |
| Main Entry: | remembering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remembered |
Synonyms: |
anamnestic, evocative, memoried, memorized, redolent, reminiscent |
Antonyms: |
forgetting, overlooking |
| Main Entry: | allusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
Synonyms: |
connotative, evocative, implied, impressionistic, indirect, inferred, remindful |
| Main Entry: | impressionistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
Synonyms: |
allusive, connotative, evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, symbolic, symptomatic |