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

Milestones evoking 2007 tend to make investors squeamish, conjuring up unpleasant memories of the financial crisis that engulfed global markets in 2008. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Sneaker company Converse has pulled an ad that was criticized for evoking racist imagery. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. — Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Those are all improvements, but overall, the Liquid Glass aesthetic quickly loses its charm, evoking the similarly translucent styling of Windows Vista in the mid-2000s. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

The grayish-black orbs hang off of trumpet-evoking support pillars encrusted in round diamonds. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Grounded in tragedy and yet evoking a consistent sense of wonder, the lady of the house looks less like a mirror for her husband than a magnifying glass held over his genius and grotesquerie. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

The lines are not dead straight but rather somewhat wavy, evoking movement and speed. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2026

Another, Undine kommt (Undine Comes), 2025, has its head in profile with a frontal eye, evoking the conventions of ancient Egyptian art and prehistoric female figurines, motifs that permeate Stötzer’s drawings, writings, and costumes. — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026