IMMORTALIZING Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

immortalizing

verb

present participle of immortalize

as in commemorating

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 immortalizing Walk through a gallery of bronze busts immortalizing the game's greatest players and learn about the evolution of the game from the days of leather helmets to modern gear. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026 As The Last Five Years celebrates the last 25 years, Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler are immortalizing their anniversary performance. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2026 Astrophotographers may also want to read our guide to photographing the moon, along with our picks of the best lenses for immortalizing the post-sunset realm. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026 The company also struck a distribution deal last year for its screenplay books, lavish tomes immortalizing A24’s most successful scripts, which are now available in bookstores around the world. — Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025 More Leff/Getty Images Great moments deserve to be recognized, and Phillies manager Rob Thomson had a memorable way of immortalizing this one. — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

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It was spent taking trade offers for players on their last-place team and commemorating the 40th anniversary of their 1986 World Series championship team — their last championship team.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Outside Busboys and Poets before Blumenthal’s talk, two young Iranian women held a banner commemorating the demonstrators who had been killed by forces of the Islamic Republic during two days of protests in January.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

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Diba says that the restaurant is often home to big groups, who are there either celebrating an event or simply bringing out friends and family to enjoy a feast.

— Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
That hasn't stopped fans from celebrating the apparent return of her natural color.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of celebrating

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There was a Democratic President helping fund the war in Gaza, and there was real anger about the role that the Biden Administration was playing in perpetuating massive war crimes and other horrible, horrible things in the conflict.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
The party is now getting bombarded by GOP attack ads accusing its members of perpetuating insider trading.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2026

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