Entry Word: commemorate

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to be a memorial of <a stone obelisk commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill>

Synonyms memorialize

Related Words celebrate, keep, observe, remember; enshrine, exalt, glorify, honor; bless, consecrate, sanctify, solemnize

Near Antonyms disgrace, dishonor

2 to act properly in relation to <commemorate Memorial Day with the laying of wreaths> — see keep 1