| Main Entry: | reminiscence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account |
Synonyms: |
anecdote, chronicle, firsthand account, memoirs, memory, nostalgia, recollection, reliving, remembering, remembrance, story, yarn |
| Main Entry: | anecdote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interesting or amusing story |
Synonyms: |
chestnut, episode, fairy tale, fish story, gag, incident, long and short of it, narration, narrative, old chestnut, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall story, tall tale, yarn |
| Notes: | an antidote is a remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison; an agent is a force or substance that relieves or counteracts; an anecdote is a short account of an interesting or humorous incident |
| Main Entry: | autobiography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written account of one's own life |
Synonyms: |
adventures, bio, biography, confession, diary, experience, journal, letter, letters, life, life story, memoir, personal history, reminiscences, self-portrayal |
| Main Entry: | flashback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remembrance |
Synonyms: |
flash from the past, hallucination, memory, nostalgia, recall, recollection, reliving, reminiscence, thoughts of the past, voice from the past |
| Main Entry: | journal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chronicle |
Synonyms: |
account, almanac, annals, annual, calendar, chronology, comic book, daily, daybook, diary, gazette, ledger, log, magazine, memento, memoir, minutes, monthly, newspaper, note, observation, organ, paper, periodical, publication, rag, record, register, reminder, reminiscence, review, scandal sheet, statement, tabloid, weekly |
| Main Entry: | memoir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record of experiences |
Synonyms: |
account, anecdote, annal, autobiography, bio, biography, chronicle, confessions, diary, discourse, dissertation, essay, journal, life, life story, memory, monograph, narrative, note, recollection, register, reminiscence, thesis, tractate, transactions, treatise, vita |
| Main Entry: | memory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to hold in the mind |
Synonyms: |
anamnesis, awareness, camera-eye, cognizance, consciousness, dead-eye, flashback, memorization, mind, mind's eye, mindfulness, recall, recapture, recognition, recollection, reflection, remembrance, reminiscence, retention, retentiveness, retrospection, subconsciousness, thought |
Antonyms: |
amnesia, forgetfulness, ignorance |
| Main Entry: | nostalgia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant remembrances |
Synonyms: |
fond memories, hearts and flowers, homesickness, longing, pining, reminiscence, remorse, schmaltz, sentimentality, tear-jerker, wistfulness, yearning |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remembrance |
Synonyms: |
anamnesis, memory, recollection, reminiscence |
Antonyms: |
forgetfulness |
| Main Entry: | remembrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | memory, recollection |
Synonyms: |
afterthought, anamnesis, flash*, flashback, hindsight, mental image, mind, recall, recognition, reconstruction, regard, reminiscence, retrospect, thought |
Antonyms: |
forgotten |