CONCRETIZING Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

concretizing

verb

present participle of concretize

as in actualizing

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disembodying

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Operationalizing an intelligence grid could bring you one step closer to actualizing predictive marketing, where marketers drive personalization and optimization to improve customer experiences and economic ROI.

— Thomas Zawacki, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
The collective takeaway is that producing, forging and actualizing belief is a way to center oneself, turn the volume down on all the noise out there, and feel… well, to put it simply, good.

— Nick Remsen, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2025

Definition of actualizing

Verb

In 2025, realizing the existing Siri couldn’t grow into the AI era, the company scrapped it in favor of another version that had been two-tracked.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
There’s irony, Gilbert said, in realizing that his father has played rapists, drug dealers, and cartel members without audiences mistaking their beliefs for his own.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of realizing

Verb

In the age of driving, cars have been our homes and our exoskeletons, fortresslike rooms of one’s own, embodying an intoxicating combination of danger and safety.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The home of the witches led by Supreme Cordelia Goode (Sarah Paulson) contrasts the devil’s penthouse with its reappearance, according to production designer Anu Schwartz, its opalescent interiors embodying the bright magic of the matriarchal coven.

— Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of embodying

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