1.1remind someone ofCause someone to think of (something) because of a resemblance or likeness.
‘his impassive, fierce stare reminded her of an owl’
‘The floor resembled an empty floor of a warehouse, and John was reminded of where he'd woken up the day before.’
‘We gave them the album… actually they were one of the first to say it reminds them of '80s new wave.’
‘The voice reminds me of the technician that had prepared me for the drop.’
‘The series reminds me a lot of Cardiac Arrest, this programme that used to be on BBC One in the mid-90s.’
‘He reminds me rather of Christopher Hitchens, and that's high praise indeed.’
‘It reminds me a little too much of the leisure suit, a fashion faux pas we don't need to revisit.’
‘The way he would hold a note reminded me at the time of David Bowie, though that now seems wide of the mark.’
make one think of, cause one to remember, put one in mind of, take one back to, bring to mind, call to mind, awake one's memories of, evoke, call up, conjure up, summon up