remind

verb

re·​mind ri-ˈmīnd 

reminded; reminding; reminds

transitive verb

: to put in mind of something : cause to remember

Choose the Right Synonym for remind

remember, recollect, recall, remind, reminisce mean to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind.

remember implies a keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled.

remembers that day as though it were yesterday

recollect implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered.

as near as I can recollect

recall suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech.

can't recall the words of the song

remind suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity.

that reminds me of a story

reminisce implies a casual often nostalgic recalling of experiences long past and gone.

old college friends like to reminisce

Examples of remind in a Sentence

She'll forget to call the doctor if you don't remind her.

Remind me to buy some groceries after work.

I constantly have to be reminded how to pronounce her name.

I had to remind him that we were supposed to leave early.

The audience was reminded to turn their cell phones off in the theater.

The mail just arrived. That reminds me, did you mail that letter I gave you yesterday?

Recent Examples on the Web

However, Lawrence also reminded the room of journalists that the onus shouldn’t be on artists to fix the world’s political problems. —Ellise Shafer, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025

We are reminded, in these spaces, that writing does not just happen, but has to happen somewhere. —Katie Da Cunha Lewin september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

As we’ve been reminded so often the last two months, there are no guarantees. —Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025

Ask for an explanation of why wide receiver Hunter Renfrow’s playing time dipped in the Carolina Panthers’ win over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 3, and offensive coordinator Brad Idzik will remind you of something obvious. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing remind

• don't remind me
• remind (someone) of

Rhymes for remind

• aligned
• alined
• assigned
• behind
• combined
• confined
• consigned
• declined
• defined
• designed
• divined
• enshrined

Kids Definition

remind

verb

re·​mind ri-ˈmīnd 

: to put in mind of something : cause to remember

remind a child that it is bedtime

reminder noun