Synonyms of realized

realized 1 of 2

adjective

as in accomplished

Related Words

• accomplished
• concluded
• achieved
• finished
• attained
• ended
• terminated
• completed
• over
• done
• complete
• through
• up
• compassed
• obsolete
• extinct
• down
• defunct
• expired
• over with
• dead
• kaput

Dissimilar Words

• incomplete
• unfinished
• ongoing
• continuing
• uncompleted
• undone

realized

2 of 2

verb

past tense of realize

1

as in discovered

to come to an awareness of

I just realized that I can't go out to dinner tonight because I'm supposed to babysit for our neighbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discovered
• learned
• saw
• heard
• found
• ascertained
• found out
• got on (to)
• caught on (to)
• detected
• got wind of
• encountered
• spotted
• wised (up)
• perceived
• tumbled (to)
• noted
• figured out
• hit (on or upon)
• discerned
• calculated
• observed
• espied
• puzzled (out)
• descried
• divined
• doped (out)
• minded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• overlooked
• ignored
• disregarded
• forgot
• covered
• hid
• concealed
• masked
• screened
• veiled
• blanketed
• cloaked
• shrouded
• blotted out
• unlearned
• enshrouded
• occulted
• curtained

2

as in earned

to receive as return for effort

if you deposit your paycheck in a savings account, you'll realize a little interest on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earned
• reaped
• gained
• won
• made
• got
• garnered
• obtained
• attained
• landed
• acquired
• captured
• secured
• procured
• achieved
• carried
• drew
• brought in
• pulled down
• knocked down
• accomplished
• came by
• bagged
• accumulated
• scored
• netted
• amassed
• occupied
• grossed
• regained
• cleared
• caught
• notched (up)
• recaptured
• annexed
• reacquired
• remade
• took over
• picked up
• racked up
• reattained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• paid
• granted
• gave
• forfeited
• accorded
• yielded
• surrendered
• gave up
• relinquished
• handed over
• parted (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of realized

Adjective

Her blinkered perspective is consumed with semi-realized introspection and self-reprobation. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2026

Verb

The company’s experts realized that, if the tapestry could not be rotated and stored, perhaps it could be stored and then rotated. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

But another frontier remains to be realized, one in which MU ascends from this fine plateau to make good on the sort of top-tier promise implied by the school’s now-enormous commitment to football. — Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Researchers from France's National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) and the University Clermont Auvergne have demonstrated that plant growth and survival are more complex than previously realized. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Plant closures take a while to be realized on the company's balance sheet, with the optimizations announced in November only being recognized in the third-quarter earnings report in August. — Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2026

The character — specifically, the version realized by Oppenheim and Singh — proved too compelling for the chameleonic star to resist. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Ribot realized that her husband could be deported to Africa when news reports emerged about third-country deportations. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

After joking that the world had finally realized women were simply worse at directing than men, Gyllenhaal gave a serious answer. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Very few can say what each seller could produce if the friction around their work were removed, or what share of that potential is being realized today. — Sreedhar Peddineni, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026