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evocative

[ ih-vok-uh-tiv, ih-voh-kuh- ]

/ ɪˈvɒk ə tɪv, ɪˈvoʊ kə- /

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adjective

tending to evoke: The perfume was evocative of spring.

Origin of evocative

1650–60; < Latin ēvocātīvus, equivalent to ēvocāt(us) (see evoke, -ate¹) + -īvus -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM evocative

e·voc·a·tive·ly, adverb e·voc·a·tive·ness, noun non·e·voc·a·tive, adjective un·e·voc·a·tive, adjective

Words nearby evocative

evite, evm, evo, evocable, evocation, evocative, evocator, evoke, evoked potential, evoked response, evolute

Example sentences from the Web for evocative

“We look for the qualities that are evocative of V.S.O.P Privilege,” explained Hennessy Senior Vice President Rodney Williams.

Streetwear pioneer, visionary entrepreneur, and community mentor Daymond John is honored with Hennessy Privilege Award |Hennessy |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Both are literally depictions of magical air, evocative of movement and potency stirring inside a writhing cloud.

You Can Indeed Judge a Book By Its Cover |Brian Gresko |November 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Emotive words and evocative phrases give language its power.

How To Shrink The Pro-Israel Tent |Brent E. Sasley |April 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Wells has written some lovely, thoughtful, and evocative reviews over the past year.

Guy Fieri Battles Scathing New York Times Review by Pete Wells |Katie Baker |November 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Add his evocative, unsentimental new memoir, Elsewhere, to the list.

Richard Russo Talks About New Memoir “Elsewhere” And His Mother’s Illness |Jane Ciabattari |November 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
They say music's the most evocative art in the world, but, sacr nom de dieu, they hadn't counted the orchestra of a bombardment.

Tell England |Ernest Raymond
The evocative power of perfume with regard to memory is compelling.

The Wolves of God |Algernon Blackwood
What matter, then, if Michelet was the least trustworthy of historians since he was the most personal and the most evocative?

L-bas |J. K. Huysmans
The familiar country, evocative of a great part of my childhood, carried my thoughts hither and thither.

Memoirs of My Dead Life |George Moore
It was a sound, he realized in a flash, evocative and summoning.

The Bright Messenger |Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for evocative

evocative

/ (ɪˈvɒkətɪv) /

adjective

tending or serving to evoke

Derived forms of evocative

evocatively, adverb evocativeness, noun