Definition of Souvenir

1. Noun. Something of sentimental value.

Exact synonyms: Keepsake, Relic, Token
Generic synonyms: Object, Physical Object
Specialized synonyms: Love-token, Favor, Favour, Party Favor, Party Favour

2. Noun. A reminder of past events.
Exact synonyms: Memento
Generic synonyms: Reminder

Definition of Souvenir

1. n. That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

Definition of Souvenir

1. Noun. An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Souvenir

1. a memento [n -S] - See also: memento

Lexicographical Neighbors of Souvenir

southwestern white pine
southwesterner
southwesterners
southwesters
southwests
southwestward
southwestwardly
southwestwards
soutie
souties
soutpiels
souts
souvenier
souveniers
souvenir (current term)
souvenirs
souvlaki
souvlakia
souvlakias
souvlakis
souzalite
sov
sovenance
soveraigne
sovereign
sovereign debt
sovereign immunities
sovereign immunity
sovereignest

Literary usage of Souvenir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"Grip's historical souvenir of Clyde, NY Illustrated. ... "Grip's" historical souvenir of Waterloo, Halsey (RTH) The Boston Port Bill as pictured by a ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"King stated that he left a souvenir with Foster that would stay with him. King told me that he could not raise anything, and that he was out of it (This ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"We should, therefore, have been better pleased with the editor of the ' Christian souvenir' had he made a selection from the works of writers of a different ..."

4. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1911)
"De l'Epée souvenir Stamps.—Mr. Lemesle, Editor of the Echo de Famille published at Poitiers, France, has issued some handsome souvenir stamps in ..."

5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"The Graces, or Literary souvenir," aims at all these objects, and the mere mention of the heads of its portions, gives an idea of the variety and interest ..."

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