Meanings
comparative more reminiscent · superlative most reminiscent
- Of, or relating to reminiscence.
- Suggestive of an earlier event or times.
It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.
2020 November 19, Richard Weintraub, “Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk | For What It's Worth”, in Pocono Record - Tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)
That painting is very reminiscent of Picasso's later work.
1 more example
The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5 - Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent.
a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC
plural reminiscents
- One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinreminīscēns
- Englishreminiscent
From Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“remember”), from re- (“again”) + min-, base of me-min-isse (“to remember, think over”), akin to mens (“mind”); see mental, mind, etc.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian напомнящ
- напомнящ (napomnjašt)suggestive of an earlier event or times
Finnish muistuttava, samankaltainen
- muistuttavasuggestive of an earlier event or times
- samankaltainensuggestive of an earlier event or times
German reminiszent, erinnernd
- reminiszentof, or relating to reminiscence
- erinnerndof, or relating to reminiscence
- erinnerndsuggestive of an earlier event or times
- wachrufendsuggestive of an earlier event or times
- erinnerndtending to bring some memory etc. to mind
- Erinnerungen hervorrufendtending to bring some memory etc. to mind
- erinnerndremembering; undergoing reminiscence
Persian یادآور, یادآور
- یادآور (yâd-âvar)suggestive of an earlier event or times
- یادآور (yâd-âvar)tending to bring some memory etc. to mind
Polish przypominający
- przypominającysuggestive of an earlier event or times
Russian напомина́ющий
- напомина́ющий (napominájuščij)suggestive of an earlier event or times
Slovak pripomínajúci, pripomínajúci
- pripomínajúcisuggestive of an earlier event or times
- pripomínajúcitending to bring some memory etc. to mind
Spanish reminiscente, reminiscente
- reminiscenteof, or relating to reminiscence
- reminiscentesuggestive of an earlier event or times
- reminiscentetending to bring some memory etc. to mind
- reminiscenteremembering; undergoing reminiscence
Turkish andıran, hatırlatan
- andıranof, or relating to reminiscence
- hatırlatanof, or relating to reminiscence
- anımsatansuggestive of an earlier event or times
- hatırlatansuggestive of an earlier event or times
Cite this entry
reminiscent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reminiscent
“reminiscent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reminiscent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reminiscent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reminiscent.
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