Words For Nostalgia

adverb for a long time in the past

conjunction used to indicate that something happened a long time ago

• It has long since been established that the earth revolves around the sun.
• We should have left long since, the party is boring.
• I should have ghosted that guy long since, he's so annoying.
• The memories of our childhood have long since faded into the past.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, indicating the manner, place, time, or degree of the action

• Way back when, historical documents were meticulously preserved for future generations.
• Remember way back when we used to hang out at the old arcade after school?
• Back in the day, way back when, we used to cruise around in my dad's old car.
• Way back when I was just starting out in my career, I had big dreams and aspirations.

noun a Portuguese word that describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or melancholic longing for something or someone that is absent

• The feeling of saudade is often associated with nostalgia and longing for something that is gone.
• I can't help but feel saudade whenever I listen to that song we used to sing together.
• Whenever I see that old photo, it brings back all the saudade from our high school days.
• The painting evoked a sense of saudade, capturing a moment of bittersweet memories.