Synonyms for evocative
ɪˈvɒk ə tɪv, ɪˈvoʊ kə-evoca·tive

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1. evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonantadjective

   serving to bring to mind

   "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics"

   Synonyms:
   smelling(p), redolent(p), remindful, resonant, reminiscent, resonating, reverberative, reverberating, aromatic, redolent, resounding

   Antonyms:
   mindless, unmindful, forgetful

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1. List of paraphrases for "evocative":

   allusive, suggestive, reminiscent

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1. Tom Booth:

   Our study shows how effective archaeology, and particularly new scientific techniques such as ancient DNA, can be in providing new perspectives on historical events, ralph de Diceto's account of the 1190 AD attacks is evocative, but a deep well containing the bodies of Ashkenazi Jewish men, women, and especially children forces us to confront the real horror of what happened.

2. Jeff Goldblum:

   Water is life, isn’t it? if they ever wanted to drop the Goldblum and just go with River Joe, that sounds evocative to me, that sounds like a good character. Or Charlie Ocean. I like both of those. Nothing wrong with Goldblum, but if they want to change it, fine with me.

3. Chris Pine:

   For me, fragrances are very - one of these beautiful art forms that bring about a whole host of things. It's what you want to smell like, it's memories that make you smile or are resonant of times in your life, it can remind you of music. If you're a lover of scent, it's a very kind of particular and evocative thing.

4. Julie Dunne:

   These very small, evocative, vessels give us valuable information on how and what babies were fed thousands of years ago, providing a real connection to mothers and infants in the past, similar vessels, although rare, do appear in other prehistoric cultures( such as Rome and ancient Greece) across the world. Ideally, we'd like to carry out a larger geographic study and investigate whether they served the same purpose.

5. Ed Maggs:

   They are the most evocative record, memory of childhood.