A reminder of past events.

synonym: souvenir.

Roget 505: memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; tablets of the memory; readiness.    reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration^†; recurrence, flashback; retrospect, retrospection.    afterthought, post script, PS.    suggestion etc. (information) 527; prompting etc. v.; hint, reminder; remembrancer^†, flapper; memorial etc. (record) 551; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    [written reminder] note, memo, memorandum; things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia.    art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica [Lat.]; mnemonics, mnemotechnics^†; phrenotypics^†; Mnemosyne.    prompt-book; crib sheet, cheat sheet.    retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory^†, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall.    celebrity, fame, renown, reputation etc. (repute) 873.    ... show more

Roget 551: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark^†, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste^†.    monument, hatchment^†, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento etc. (memory) 505; testimonial, medal; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    record, note, minute; register, registry; roll etc. (list) 86; cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; entry, memorandum, indorsement^†, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch etc. (mark) 550; muniment^†, deed etc. (security) 771; document; deposition, proces verbal [Fr.]; affidavit; certificate etc. (evidence) 467.    notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta^†, adversaria [Lat.], jottings, dottings^†.    gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack^†; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook^†, petty cashbook^†; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article.    archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics etc. 86; compte rendu [Fr.]; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle, annals, legend; history, biography etc. 594; Congressional Records.    registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment^†; tabulation; entry, booking; signature etc. (identification) 550; recorder etc. 553; journalism.    [analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape.    [digital recording media] compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.    ... show more

Dutch: aandenken