MEMORIALIZE Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

memorialize

verb

mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz

Definition of memorialize

as in to commemorate

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 memorialize Cosmic Symphony memorializes the instruments, honors their journeys, and affirms the resilience of the human spirit. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 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 Among those memorialized were actor Rock Hudson, entertainer Liberace, and lawyer Roy Cohn. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026 While some of these undertakings are pegged to the country's 250th anniversary, critics have long accused the president of rushing to memorialize himself out of fear that no one else will. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for memorialize

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commemorate

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Trantalis will gather with members of the City Commission, city leadership and project partners to commemorate the completion of the facility and mark this next chapter for Fort Lauderdale’s water system.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
The 2030 World Cup will also feature three centenary celebration matches in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, commemorating the inaugural tournament held in Uruguay in 1930.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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