evocative

American  

[ih-vok-uh-tiv, ih-voh-kuh-] / ɪˈvɒk ə tɪv, ɪˈvoʊ kə- /

adjective

1. tending to evoke.

   The perfume was evocative of spring.

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evocative British  

/ ɪˈvɒkətɪv /

adjective

1. tending or serving to evoke

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Other Word Forms

• evocatively adverb
• evocativeness noun
• nonevocative adjective
• unevocative adjective

Etymology

Origin of evocative

1650–60; < Latin ēvocātīvus, equivalent to ēvocāt ( us ) ( evoke, -ate ¹ ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

The songs on Black British Music are vivid and evocative, finding light in the darkness but never quite shaking off an undercurrent of sadness.

From BBC

Yet if all we get from “The Innocents of Florence” is a sense of elegiac reverence for those children who briefly called it home, Mr. Luzzi’s narrative is ultimately an evocative one.

From The Wall Street Journal

Six dancers persuasively interpret the seasons and sometimes accompany the arias; Ms. Tanowitz’s angular, evocative choreography is enhanced by costumes in shiny textiles and chiffons by Victoria Bek and Carlos Soto.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, the non-diegetic selections are just as evocative and, for the most part, uncommon.

From Salon

This is a landmark book, by far the most thorough and skilfully evocative Nigerian cookbook published in English.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• expressive
• reminiscent