think back

1. 1.

   recapture the past; indulge in memories

   “he remembered how he used to pick flowers”

   Synonymsremember

   Narrowerreminiscereview

Questions about think back

What does think back mean?

think back means "recapture the past; indulge in memories".

What is another word for think back?

Close synonyms include remember. 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 think back a common word?

think back 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.