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

Unlike a few of the seedling apples we’d tasted—some of which foragers evocatively call “spitters”—this was fruit I’d cut up to serve with thick slices of cheddar.

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The club hits pulsed, her dancing was evocative and precise, and the set was again punctuated with a locally-sourced cover from each city she performs in; this time “The Chain” from Fleetwood Mac.

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The world of low-level gamblers is evocatively drawn and Anderson displays an unexpected tenderness to those who inhabit it.

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The show is set in an awkwardly drawn but highly evocative, extremely ordinary environment that perfectly serves its stories; it feels like an accurate outsider-art rendition of its middle-class Texas suburb.

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"And that, to me, as a person that loves games and loves art, is the big risk of AI, that we're going to lose out on really interesting, evocative performances."

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Related Words

• expressive 
• reminiscent