In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.
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Nostalgic
Synonyms for "nostalgic" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- носталгичен adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Catalan
2 entries- nostàlgic adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostàlgic noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Czech
1 entries- nostalgický adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Danish
2 entries- nostalgisk adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostalgiker noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Finnish
2 entries- nostalginen adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostalgikko noun (person who displays nostalgia)
French
2 entries- nostalgique adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostalgique noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Galician
2 entries- nostálxico adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostálxico noun (person who displays nostalgia)
German
3 entries- nostalgisch adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- Nostalgiker noun (person who displays nostalgia)
- Nostalgikerin noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Greek
1 entries- νοσταλγικός adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Hebrew
1 entries- נוֹסְטַלְגִי adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Hungarian
1 entries- nosztalgikus adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Italian
3 entries- nostalgico adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostalgica noun (person who displays nostalgia)
- nostalgico noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Japanese
1 entries- 懐かしい adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Macedonian
2 entries- носталгичен adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- носталгичар noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nostalgisk adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nostalgisk adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- bangrich adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Polish
1 entries- nostalgiczny adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Portuguese
3 entries- nostálgico adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostálgica noun (person who displays nostalgia)
- nostálgico noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Romanian
1 entries- nostalgic adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Russian
1 entries- ностальги́ческий adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Spanish
3 entries- nostálgico adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
- nostálgica noun (person who displays nostalgia)
- nostálgico noun (person who displays nostalgia)
Swedish
1 entries- nostalgisk adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Turkish
1 entries- nostaljik adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Yiddish
1 entries- נאָסטאַלגיש adj (pertaining to nostalgia)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The orchestra struck up nostalgic music.
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She indulged herself in nostalgic memories.
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There are people who go mad for the nostalgic feel and also those who love originality.
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