Synonyms of memorializing

memorializing 1 of 2

adjective

as in commemorating

serving to preserve the memory of a person, thing, or an event

a memorializing book on the sinking of the Titanic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commemorating
• commemorative
• memorial
• honorary
• dedicatory
• testimonial
• epitaphic
• exalting
• epitaphial
• glorifying
• canonizing
• enshrining

memorializing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of memorialize

as in celebrating

to be a memorial of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commemorating
• celebrating
• remembering
• honoring
• monumentalizing
• enshrining
• observing
• exalting
• glorifying
• keeping
• solemnizing
• sanctifying
• consecrating
• blessing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dishonoring
• disgracing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of memorializing

Verb

Jack Manning knows firsthand the emotional and practical challenge of memorializing a loved one in a way that feels appropriate. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Mangione no longer has to turn over those records and Judge Gregory Carro ruled court documents memorializing the defense legal strategy will no longer be unsealed. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 18 June 2026

As professional dog trainers, both Loverseed and Smith said that portraits are a meaningful way to honor a pet, but memorializing them should be kept in perspective. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

All these years later, Houston has gotten good at memorializing Joe Campos Torres. — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2026

University officials, in April 2025, honored Richie at an event memorializing students and faculty members who had recently died. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026

There’s a huge difference between memorializing a piece of pop culture and reanimating it. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026

The killings prompted other Bay Area events honoring the victims, including solidarity bike rides in San Francisco and dozens of other cities Saturday memorializing Pretti, an avid cyclist, as well as a protest in San Francisco last Saturday and vigils on both sides of the bay last Sunday. — Warren Pederson, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026

Weeks of attention-seeking gestures — rapping about lean with EsDeeKid, referencing deep Kirk Franklin cuts with Druski, and memorializing moments in basketball history with Melo — broadcasted inner-city cool to people who aren’t often visited by someone with Oscar buzz. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026