VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / flashbacks

Thesaurus: flashbacks

n. a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story n. an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especi…

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

earlierdefinitionrecurrencedefinitionchronologicaldefinitiondevelopmentdefinitiondrugdefinitioneffectsdefinitioneventdefinitionexperiencedefinitionfilmsdefinitionhallucinogenicdefinitioninterruptsdefinitionliterarydefinitionnormaldefinitionpastdefinitionscenedefinitionstorydefinitiontakendefinitiontheatricaldefinitiontransitiondefinitionunexpecteddefinitionvividdefinitionworksdefinitionflash pointfamilyflash weldingfamilyflash-backsfamilyflash-bulbsfamilyflash-cardsfamilyflash-floodsfamily

Definitions

  1. n. a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story n. an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)