MEMORIALIZES Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

memorializes

verb

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present tense third-person singular of memorialize

as in commemorates

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

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Recent Examples of memorializes Derrick Turnbow, whom the street sign now memorializes, was shot there in 1990. —

Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026 Danez Smith memorializes Renee Nicole Good, poet, mother, and neighbor. —

Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026 The ever-growing urgency of the climate crisis yields a slow, sensory cinematic experience as Swiss artist Ludwig Berger memorializes the Morteratsch Glacier through recording the sound of it melting. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025 The dramatic imagery memorializes the successful sendoff for Starship V2, which now cedes the spotlight to its even bigger successors. —

Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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commemorates

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Later this month, the Jewish community will celebrate Passover, a holiday that commemorates the liberation of Jewish people from enslavement in ancient Egypt.

— Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Every year, two billion Muslims across the world observe Ramadan, which commemorates when the Qur’an was first sent down from heaven to guide people toward salvation.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026