IMMORTALIZE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

immortalize

verb

i-ˈmȯr-tə-ˌlīz

Definition of immortalize next

as in to commemorate

to give eternal or lasting existence to immortalized the words "Call me Ishmael" as the novel's opening line

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Recent Examples of immortalize The mistake was immortalized in media history when Truman was photographed holding up a copy of the first edition with the infamous Dewey headline. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026 His influence was immortalized in 1983 when the late Diana Vreeland honored him with a groundbreaking retrospective at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. —

Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 Those bonds become immortalized through final words. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026 If Cleveland had won the 2016 World Series… … that home run would be immortalized by sports fans in and out of Cleveland. —

Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for immortalize

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New York chose not to hang a banner to commemorate its in-season tournament triumph.

— Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 3 June 2026
This year’s 250th anniversary events, commemorating America’s founders’ refusal to be bound by a tyrant, were supposed to be planned by a nonpartisan, nonprofit group created by Congress in 2016 via a bipartisan congressional caucus of more than 350 members.

— Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026