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evocative

/ɪˈvɒkətɪv/

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister

General adjective

Bringing strong images, memories or feelings to mind.

An evocative passage that smelled of rain and pine.

Topic: Arts & literature in General English

Business adjective

Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

An evocative soundtrack did more to fix the brand in memory than any tagline could.

Similar: suggestive, resonant

Topic: Marketing in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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