episodic memory

1. 1.

   memory for episodes in your own life

   Synonymspersonal memory

   Broaderlong-term memory

Questions about episodic memory

What does episodic memory mean?

episodic memory means "memory for episodes in your own life".

What is another word for episodic memory?

Close synonyms include personal memory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is episodic memory a common word?

episodic memory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.