evocative

1. 1.

   serving to bring to mind

   “cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note”

   “a campaign redolent of machine politics”

   Synonymsredolentremindfulreminiscentresonant

   Similarmindful

Questions about evocative

What does evocative mean?

evocative means "serving to bring to mind".

How many syllables are in evocative?

evocative has 4 syllables: e-vo-ca-tive. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /ɪˈvɑkətɪv/.

What is another word for evocative?

Close synonyms include redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant. 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 evocative a common word?

evocative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with evocative?

1 word rhymes with evocative. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.