Evocative
Etymology
From Latin "evocare" (to call forth, to summon out), from e-/ex- (out) and "vocare" (to call), rooted in "vox" (voice). To be evocative is literally to "call out" something latent in the listener or viewer — a scent, a season, a lost afternoon — rather than to state it plainly.
adjective · /ih-VOK-uh-tiv/
Powerfully bringing feelings, memories, or images to mind.
What it names
Art or language that summons a whole mood or memory, often without describing it head-on.
Example
The smell of woodsmoke was intensely evocative, and suddenly she was ten again at her grandmother’s.
Related idea
Vivid shows you a thing clearly and directly; evocative summons the feelings and memories around it, often by suggestion rather than description.