evocative

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

adjective

1. tending to evoke.

   The perfume was evocative of spring.

evocative

/ ɪˈvɒkətɪv /

adjective

1. tending or serving to evoke

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of evocative¹

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

Example Sentences

Rich, evocative, crafty and exciting, it’s one of the few standout movies of the year.

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An evocatively realized setting such as Ms. Bigelow’s Washington nerve center can be ample reason to make a movie worth seeing, but three others that were overflowing with local atmosphere offered far more than that.

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In the 100 years since, the glamorous building style - evocative of neon-lit jazz bars and the golden age of big motion pictures - rapidly spread around the world.

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After Japan’s surrender, journalists were eager to find three people: Emperor Hirohito, former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and the mythical broadcaster with the evocative name.

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The execution is nevertheless lush, sometimes startlingly beautiful, and painterly and evocative of Johnson’s elegiac theme about a bygone America.

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Related Words

• expressive 
• reminiscent