- regretful
- sentimental
- wistful
- cornball
- down memory lane
- drippy
- homesick
- like yesterday
- lonesome
- longing
- mushy
- sappy
- sloppy
- syrupy
- yearning
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How to use nostalgic in a sentence
They’re often made of wood, metal, or glass, or feature interesting themes and tie-ins, nostalgic designs, or fun and useful gimmicks that set them apart from the run-of-the-mill cardboard versions most people have in their closets.
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One thing only he saw which struck a note of the nostalgic and brought a catch to his throat.
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But the Earth shone forth, a half-globe of seas and clouds and continents, vast and nostalgic in the sky.
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All this weirdness had a violent effect on Ned Vince—a sudden, nostalgic panic.
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From Java’s seething millions were the nostalgic three ever missed?
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The stereo was playing something soft and nostalgic as Kennon sank into the chair Alexander had vacated.
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WORDS RELATED TO NOSTALGIC
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotiona
- eerie
- memorable
- nagging
- nostalgic
- obsessive
- ongoing
- persistent
- recurrent
- repeated
- spooky
- bringing to mind
- evocative
- implicative
- mnemonic
- nostalgic
- recollective
- redolent
- remindful
- similar
- dated
- evocative
- in period style
- nostalgic
- old-fashioned
- old-world
- out-of-date
- passé
- period
- adventurous
- amorous
- bathetic
- charming
- chimerical
- chivalrous
- colorful
- corny
- daring
- dreamy
- enchanting
- erotic
- exciting
- exotic
- extravagant
- fairy-tale
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fascinating
- fond
- glamorous
- idyllic
- impractical
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mushy
- mysterious
- nostalgic
- passionate
- picturesque
- poetic
- quixotic
- sloppy
- soppy
- starry-eyed
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tender
- unrealistic
- utopian
- visionary
- whimsical
- wild
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- romantic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
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What is another word for nostalgic?
175 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ nəstˈald͡ʒɪk], [ nəstˈaldʒɪk], [ n_ə_s_t_ˈa_l_dʒ_ɪ_k]
Related words: nostalgia, trip down memory lane, reminiscence, reminiscences, memories, nostalgia quotes
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- nostalgic.
• gushy (adjective)
- overemotiona.
• haunting (adjective)
- obsessive,
- recurrent,
- memorable.
• longingly remembering (adjective)
- mushy,
- drippy,
- like yesterday,
- sappy,
- down memory lane,
- sloppy,
- lonesome,
- cornball.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- romantic,
- lovey dovey,
- reminiscent,
- sobby,
- syrupy,
- tear-jerking,
- rosewater,
- gushy,
- wistful,
- lovey-dovey,
- fairytale,
- sentimental,
- overemotional,
- fairy-tale,
- slushy,
- retro,
- soppy,
- weepy,
- soupy,
- over-emotional.
• reminiscent (adjective)
- mnemonic,
- remindful,
- implicative,
- bringing to mind,
- recollective.
• retro (adjective)
- in period style,
- Old World,
- passer,
- oldfashioned,
- out of date,
- old fashioned.
• romantic (adjective)
- more lovey dovey,
- un realistic,
- more fairy-tale,
- most syrupy,
- most fairy-tale,
- most lovey-dovey,
- most loveydovey,
- loveydovey,
- most lovey dovey,
- starry eyed,
- ex citing,
- more lovey-dovey,
- more fairy tale,
- starryeyed,
- more loveydovey,
- more fairytale,
- more syrupy,
- most fairytale,
- most fairy tale,
- un-realistic.
• sentimental (adjective)
- in sipid,
- over emotional,
- in-sipid,
- dewy eyed,
- more rosewater,
- most rosewater,
- more simpering,
- dewyeyed,
- over acted,
- over-acted,
- tearful,
- more overemotional,
- most overemotional,
- softhearted,
- most simpering.
• tear-jerking (adjective)
- tearjerking,
- tear jerking.
• unforgettable (adjective)
- haunting.
• wistful (adjective)
- more yearning,
- most yearning.
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n.
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- conscious,
- regretful,
- commemorative,
- faint,
- elusive,
- dimly,
- etched,
- catchy,
- dim,
- lonely,
- blurred,
- foggy.
• homesick (noun)
- homesick.
• nostalgic (noun)
- unhappy.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:
- pain,
- heartbreak,
- affliction,
- depression,
- dolor,
- alienation,
- pining,
- heartache,
- tear-jerker,
- hearts and flowers,
- schmaltz,
- rootlessness,
- dole,
- anxiety,
- torment,
- woe,
- ennui,
- rue,
- anguish,
- reminiscence,
- wretchedness,
- angst,
- melancholy,
- pang,
- wistfulness,
- loneliness,
- remorse,
- sorrow,
- distress,
- unhappiness,
- hurting,
- grief,
- throe,
- homesickness,
- misery,
- yearning,
- longing,
- torture.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- hankering,
- cloying,
- schmaltzy,
- sentimentalized,
- retrospective,
- wishful,
- namby-pamby,
- picturesque,
- tender,
- Honing,
- lamenting,
- nostalgically,
- plaintive,
- Yearnful,
- mawkish,
- saccharine,
- sugary,
- evocative,
- melancholic,
- beery,
- Languishing,
- glamorous,
- gooey,
- sweet,
- sad,
- soft,
- sticky,
- emotional,
- gushing,
- teary,
- mournful,
- reflective,
- oversentimental,
- bathetic,
- conservative,
- exotic,
- retrograde,
- maudlin,
- nostalgia.
How to use «Nostalgic» in context?
I remember the smell of Scope in my dad’s car. It always made my stomach feel weird, but I loved the smell. I used to cuddle with him while he put on his cologne, and I would fall asleep waiting for him to come home. I miss the smell of my dad’s car and the family moments we would shared. Nostalgia is a special kind of love that we can never bottle or replicate. It’s like a warm blanket that wraps around us and makes us feel safe and loved. It’s the kind of love that makes us long for simpler times, and it’s a feeling that never fades.
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nostalgicadjective
unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons
Antonyms:
undesirous, undesiring
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How to use nostalgic in a sentence?
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Laine Nooney:
It feels custom engineered for our ongoing pandemic, with folks stuck at home for the foreseeable future, and especially those with children, surely Nintendo Switch hopes Mario Kart Live will be a source of nostalgic fun for parents and at-home experimentation for kids.
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David Wills:
I wanted to do a fun book, something that captured the spirit of summer, beaches are a universal playground… For many of us, some of our earliest and happiest memories involve playing on the beach. I hope when people look at the book, they’ll view it like a visual cocktail. I want readers to go back to their nostalgic, happy time.
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Mike Huckabee:
Congrats, your announcement makes me nostalgic for our days doing political battle in Arkansas.
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Ellen DeGeneres:
I don’t know what we would do, i think that period of time was sort of nostalgic, Ellen DeGeneres know ?
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Ry Cooder:
The blues is so expressive — nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It’s a nuance-filled thing.
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