Synonyms of realizing

realizing

verb

present participle of realize

1

as in discovering

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

• discovering
• seeing
• learning
• hearing
• finding
• ascertaining
• finding out
• getting on (to)
• detecting
• catching on (to)
• perceiving
• encountering
• getting wind of
• wising (up)
• hitting (on or upon)
• spotting
• tumbling (to)
• noting
• calculating
• figuring out
• observing
• discerning
• espying
• descrying
• divining
• puzzling (out)
• doping (out)
• minding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• ignoring
• overlooking
• disregarding
• forgetting
• hiding
• covering
• concealing
• masking
• screening
• unlearning
• blanketing
• blotting out
• veiling
• shrouding
• cloaking
• enshrouding
• occulting
• curtaining

2

as in reaping

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

• reaping
• earning
• gaining
• winning
• making
• getting
• garnering
• obtaining
• attaining
• acquiring
• securing
• landing
• capturing
• achieving
• procuring
• carrying
• drawing
• bagging
• bringing in
• accomplishing
• pulling down
• knocking down
• coming by
• accumulating
• scoring
• grossing
• amassing
• netting
• regaining
• occupying
• recapturing
• clearing
• catching
• annexing
• notching (up)
• remaking
• taking over
• reacquiring
• racking up
• picking up
• reattaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• paying
• according
• giving
• granting
• forfeiting
• yielding
• giving up
• surrendering
• relinquishing
• parting (with)
• handing over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of realizing

His stories explore how tech is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges to realizing tech’s promise. —Mario Aguilar, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026

Another camera captures staff realizing what was going on, frantic to stop the patient and to help. —Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026

Over the years the installation has encountered a variety of difficulties that kept it from realizing its true spirit and form. —Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Ebert rushed to get her kids ready for school that morning and leave her Columbia home for the Kansas City area where Jill and her husband, Jason, were in disbelief realizing what all had been taken. —Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026

But nobody seemed bothered Saturday night by the new stadium’s location, or by the work left to be done finishing it, or by the long delay realizing this night, or even by settling for a draw. —Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026

There’s nothing more devastating than opening your travel bag and realizing your expensive shampoo leaked all over your precious personal belongings. —Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2026

But critics have called out the erasure of the Black origins of African American Language and point out how non-Black Gen Zers are using it without even realizing its cultural significance. —Moriah Humiston, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026

That information can reveal patterns about behavior without people realizing it. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026