evocative

That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.

Adjective

  1. That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.
    • Using loose but evocative language, one might say that player 2 is threatening to play R' if player 1 plays R. - 1992, Robert Gibbons, A Primer in Game Theory, Prentice-Hall, page 127f.:
    • Imperfect themes aside, what the first Zootopia had going for it was its gorgeous animation and evocative character design. From the clever visual worldbuilding of its city to the lush colors and textures of a nighttime...

Origin

From Latin ēvocātīvus (“pertaining to summoning”). By surface analysis, evoke + -ative.

Forms

more evocative most evocative

Synonyms

reminiscent redolent remindful resonant suggestive

Related

expressive vivid graphic powerful haunting moving poignant

Derived

evocatively evocativeness unevocative