Reminiscence Synonyms

rĕmə-nĭsəns
An act or instance of remembering
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. recollection
  2. memory
  3. remembrance
  4. account
  5. anecdote
  6. memoirs
  7. chronicle
  8. firsthand account
  9. primary-source
  10. eyewitness account
  11. recall
  12. oral history
  13. old-timer's version
  14. personal history
  15. nostalgia
  16. anecdotage
The power of retaining and recalling past experience
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. memory
  2. recall
  3. recollection
  4. remembrance
A narrative of experiences undergone by the writer.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Often used in plural: commentary
  2. memoir

Words Related to Reminiscence

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Reminiscence Sentence Examples

  • In other cases early costumes are preserved only as a historical reminiscence at festivities.

  • In this tradition there is a reminiscence of the fact that the Lycians had been sea-rovers before their settlement in Lycia.

  • The strains of the polonaise, which had continued for a considerable time, had begun to sound like a sad reminiscence to Natasha's ears.

  • The race of Pelops for his wife may be a reminiscence of the early practice of marriage by capture.

  • The notice in the Chronicon Paschale preserves one slight reminiscence of the historical facts, namely, that Hippolytus's episcopal see was situated at Portus near Rome.

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