Synonyms of evoking

evoking

verb

present participle of evoke

as in eliciting

to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)

the old family photographs we found in the attic evoked a wealth of warm memories

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eliciting
• inspiring
• raising
• revealing
• educing
• pulling
• calling forth
• getting
• gaining
• extracting
• obtaining
• dragging
• extorting
• exposing
• procuring
• securing
• uncovering
• wringing
• discovering
• wresting
• disclosing
• dredging (up)
• evincing
• wangling
• divulging
• unveiling
• baring
• coaxing (out)
• unmasking
• uncloaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• ignoring
• disregarding
• forgetting
• neglecting
• overlooking
• passing over
• overpassing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of evoking

The movie is of no aesthetic originality or distinction; it’s filmed, transparently, in scenes of straightforward dramatic realism, neither maintaining an individual character’s point of view nor evoking subjectivity. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026

Sivan is good at evoking loneliness through imagery, but not always the best at inhabiting it. — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026

Ultron finally finds the key to set Vision in motion by re-evoking the Ship of Theseus. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

The curators have put Convergence on a freestanding wall near windows, with daylight shining through — evoking the energy of a contemporary gallery. — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026

Raqib Naik, the center’s founder and executive director, said that the team documented an influx of posts portraying South Asians as invaders, job thieves and a demographic threat, evoking Great Replacement theory and remigration rhetoric. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Spontaneous smears and streams of color form her famous abstractions, evoking a body in motion. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Well, Canadians can now thank Trump for evoking the possibility. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

And there is some of all that in War as well — including a scene evoking a particularly gnarly moment from the Olivia Wilde-Jason Sudeikis break-up. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026