MEMORIALIZE Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

memorialize

verb

mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz

Definition of memorialize next

as in to commemorate

to be a memorial of at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott

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Recent Examples of memorialize His image is memorialized in a shipping container at the farm that is used to store fresh vegetables and fruits. —

Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 Days later, he was memorialized by Morgan Freeman at the Academy Awards. —

Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 Derrick Turnbow, whom the street sign now memorializes, was shot there in 1990. —

Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026 But there were any number of songs about those victims and trying to memorialize them in song. —

Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for memorialize

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commemorate

Verb

One week after the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge will close to car traffic to commemorate its 100th anniversary.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The festival of Passover commemorates the freedom of the Jewish nation from enslavement in Ancient Egypt, some 3338 years ago, in 1313 BCE.

— Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026