Other forms: reminiscing; reminisced; reminisces. Reminisce is a dreamy way of saying "remember the past." If you're swapping old stories with friends and remembering all the silly things you used to do, then you're reminiscing. Reminiscing is all about happy recollections and thinking back to stories from the past.

Some common synonyms of recall are recollect, remember, remind, and reminisce.

The phrasal verb come back is often used when someone suddenly remembers something. I forgot his name but it's just come back to me. To reminisce is to remember and talk about pleasant things that happened in the past.

Some common synonyms of memory are recollection, remembrance, and reminiscence.