Synonyms of memories

memories

noun

plural of memory

as in recollections

a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered

I have only the vaguest memory of the family vacation we took the year I turned three

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recollections
• reminiscences
• memorials
• remembrances
• recalls
• anamneses
• mementos
• reminders
• souvenirs
• flashbacks
• tokens
• associations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of memories

The song develops into a slow-burn, lighters-up jam, its long, unhurried coda like getting lost in a sea of echoing, overlapping memories. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

That’s not because Crystal soft-pedals the emotional horror of returning to your home to find charred remains after watching, helpless, as flames took the locus of all your best memories. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

But these memories were quickly overtaken by the thoughts of her own children in their classrooms. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

With his Hollywood memories, too, Crystal is channeling another kind of day gone by. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Giants of the Harlem Renaissance assembled in 1972 to share their memories. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Those who lived through them advise the performers, share their memories and watch as some of their most traumatic experiences unfold before them. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

While Brandon Jacobs has simply held onto the memories of a man who treated him as his own son, Lee Jacobs has spent part of his adult life trying to learn who his father was. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Years later, conflicting accounts have emerged from within the family itself — competing memories of the same childhood, the same home, the same spotlight. — William Earl, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026