memorialize

verb

me·​mo·​ri·​al·​ize mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz 

memorialized; memorializing

transitive verb

1

: to address or petition by a memorial

2

a

: to serve as a memorial of : commemorate

a statue memorializing the event

b

: to do or create something that causes people to remember (a person, thing, or event)

a period in history that has been memorialized in countless films

memorialization

mə-ˌmȯr-ē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

-ˌlī-ˈzā-

noun

Synonyms of memorialize

• commemorate

Examples of memorialize in a Sentence

an exciting period in history that has been memorialized in many popular books and movies

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

Recent Examples on the Web

No vacation to Florida is complete without memorializing it in a way that nods to the unique locale, brimming with aquatic wildlife from practically every coastal vantage point. —Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025

Ancestors are memorialized but then assured that the rum still flows as drunkenness overtakes our narrator. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

Unfortunately the crying photos still made it into the family photo album, memorializing the tears for posterity. —Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025

Jango Fett may have been taken away from us far, far too soon, but now Lego-loving Star Wars fans can memorialize this bounty-hunting badass, father of Boba Fett, with this Lego Star Wars Jango Fett helmet. —Chris McMullen, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for memorialize

• contextualize
• industrialize
• materialise
• materialize
• microenterprise
• overemphasize
• particularize
• revolutionise
• revolutionize
• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise

Kids Definition

memorialize

verb

me·​mo·​ri·​al·​ize mə-ˈmōr-ē-ə-ˌlīz 

-ˈmȯr-

memorialized; memorializing

: commemorate sense 1

memorialization

-ˌmōr-ē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

-ˌmȯr-

noun