Synonyms of reminiscences

reminiscences

noun

plural of reminiscence

as in recollections

a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered

his reminiscences about the war were painful to hear

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reminiscences

In the nightmare scenario that kicks off Transcription, the disabling of the narrator’s phone—that ingenious receptacle for distraction, and discomfort, and crap—sets in motion a series of observations and reminiscences that prod the narrator’s unconscious, bringing the novel into being. —Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

The novel, which jumps around in time from spectral reminiscences of the nineteenth century to the late 1980s and early 1990s and into the twenty-first century, follows the members of a Brooklyn family attempting to find stability while struggling with their strange attunement to the dead. —Omari Weekes, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

Many folks shared reminiscences of the old days. —Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026

Brooks isn’t too macho to tear up during these reminiscences. —Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026

There were reminiscences about Bobby’s playing every snap for his father’s team, Bobby’s coaching start at a $5,000-a-year job and Bobby’s always doing the right thing, sticking with his convictions no matter what anyone else thought or had to say. —Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026

The filmmakers also planned to bookend the story with the reminiscences of the older Kirk and Spock — a cunning ruse to get the headline power of Shatner and Nimoy in the movie. —Richard Edwards, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2026

His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

Smith’s ever-present sense of destiny, her mystical optimism, and her penchant for rebellion make for reminiscences that can sound at once bombastic and humble, half-invented and visceral. —Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025