evocative

Adjective
US[ih-vok-uh-tiv]/ɪˈvɑkətɪv/4 syllables
Synonyms: redolentremindfulreminiscentresonant

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. serving to bring to mind“cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note — Wilder Hobson”“a campaign redolent of machine politics”Synonyms: redolentremindfulreminiscentresonantOpposite mindlessSimilar mindful, aware

Related words kindle verb, evoke verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

E·vo′ca·tive adjective

Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.

Evocative power over all that is eloquent and expressive in the better soul of man.— Walter Horatio Pater

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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