Need another word that means the same as “nostalgia”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “nostalgia” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Nostalgia” are: wistfulness, longing for the past, pining for the past, yearning for the past, regret, reminiscence, remembrance, recollection, homesickness, sentimentality
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “nostalgia” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| homesickness | A longing to return home. I lived four years in London without a single pang of homesickness. |
| longing for the past | Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. |
| pining for the past | A coniferous tree. |
| recollection | A thing recollected; a memory. A biography based on his wife s recollections. |
| regret | Used in polite formulas to express apology for or sadness at an occurrence or an inability to accept an invitation. He had to decline to his regret. |
| remembrance | A thing kept or given as a reminder or in commemoration of someone. They exchanged fond remembrances of his gentle ways. |
| reminiscence | A collection in literary form of incidents that someone remembers. His reminiscences of his early days in Parliament. |
| sentimentality | Exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. There are passages which verge on sentimentality. |
| wistfulness | A sadly pensive longing. |
| yearning for the past | Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. |
| angst | A feeling of persistent worry about something trivial. The existential angst of the middle classes. |
| bygone | A thing dating from an earlier time. Bygone days. |
| contemplative | A person devoted to the contemplative life. Contemplative knowledge of God. |
| depressed | (of a place or economic activity) suffering the damaging effects of a lack of demand or employment. Depressed inner city areas. |
| despair | The complete loss or absence of hope. They were rescued from despair at the last minute. |
| desperate | Desperately determined. A desperate sadness enveloped Ruth. |
| desperation | Desperate recklessness. Courage born of desperation. |
| despondency | Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless. An air of despondency. |
| despondent | In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. Despondent about his failure. |
| disappointing | Not up to expectations. The team made a disappointing start. |
| disappointment | A person or thing that causes disappointment. The job proved a disappointment. |
| dismal | Causing a mood of gloom or depression. His dismal mood was not dispelled by finding the house empty. |
| frustration | An event or circumstance that causes one to feel frustrated. Her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration. |
| gloom | A state of depression or despondency. A year of economic gloom for the car industry. |
| grief | Intense sorrow, especially caused by someone’s death. Her death was a great grief to John. |
| heartache | Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death. The familiar pang of heartache. |
| homesick | Experiencing a longing for one’s home during a period of absence from it. He was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe. |
| homesickness | A longing to return home. I lived four years in London without a single pang of homesickness. |
| hopeless | Very bad or incompetent. I m hopeless at names. |
| loneliness | The state of being alone in solitary isolation. Feelings of depression and loneliness. |
| longing | Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. Her longing eyes. |
| melancholy | A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy. At the centre of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia. |
| mourning | State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one. If he dies she ll put on mourning but she won t cry. |
| oldie | An old song, film, or television programme that is still well known or popular. Collections of pop oldies. |
| sadness | Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. It is one of life s sadnesses. |
| somber | Lacking brightness or color; dull. A somber mood. |
| sorrow | An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. It was a great sorrow to her when they separated. |
| sorry | Filled with compassion for. He said he was sorry he had upset me. |
| unhappy | Not happy. The unhappy or sad news. |
| wistful | Showing pensive sadness. A wistful smile. |
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