Synonyms of memorialize

memorialize

verb

mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz 

as in to commemorate

to be a memorial of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commemorate
• celebrate
• remember
• monumentalize
• honor
• enshrine
• observe
• exalt
• glorify
• solemnize
• consecrate
• keep
• sanctify
• bless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disgrace
• dishonor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of memorialize

On Tuesday, Spain's royals will attend a ceremony at a Muslim cemetery in the city to memorialize the more than 140 migrants who died attempting to cross in July. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

This past February, the Chicago Park District announced that Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini would be memorialized in a new monument in Arrigo Park, located at Polk and Loomis streets. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026

Helena, the mother of the Byzantine emperor Constantine, aided this process by commissioning shrines such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where Christians still memorialize important events in Jesus’ life and ministry. — Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

The dollhouse memorializes the salon hosted by Carrie and her younger sisters, painter Florine and writer Ettie, and visited by all the great avant-garde artists and thinkers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026