Definition for Commemorate:

• To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

Synonyms for Commemorate:

• n.

  •
  • chair,
  • parade,
  • deliver,
  • give,
  • dedicate to,
  • address.
  •solemnize (noun)
  • study at celebrate.

• v.

  •celebrate (verb)
  • cheer,
  • glorify,
  • venerate,
  • acclaim,
  • fete,
  • proclaim,
  • hail,
  • rejoice,
  • exult,
  • trumpet,
  • praise,
  • party,
  • jubilate,
  • revel,
  • carouse,
  • frolic,
  • make merry,
  • enjoy,
  • hallow.
  •cognition (verb)
  • commemorate.
  •compliment (verb)
  • fawns upon,
  • re commended,
  • fawned up on,
  • pat the back,
  • gave bouquet,
  • ingratiating oneself with,
  • handing it to,
  • sung praises of,
  • handed it to,
  • took off hat to,
  • roosed,
  • ingratiated with,
  • wished joy to,
  • gives bouquet,
  • kudizes,
  • took hat to,
  • handing to,
  • spoke highly of,
  • re-commending,
  • pats back,
  • kudized,
  • fawns up on,
  • paid tribute to,
  • giving bouquet,
  • payed tribute to,
  • patting back,
  • patting on the back,
  • hands to,
  • fawn up on,
  • take hat to,
  • paying tribute to,
  • handed to,
  • re-commended,
  • pats on the back,
  • speaks highly of,
  • rooses,
  • taking off hat to,
  • kudizing,
  • patted the back,
  • sings praises of,
  • wishing joy to,
  • roosing,
  • pats the back,
  • ex-tolling,
  • ex tolled,
  • wishes joy to,
  • fawned upon,
  • ingratiated oneself with,
  • speaking highly of,
  • makes much of,
  • paying respects,
  • patting the back,
  • pat back,
  • trades last,
  • re-commend,
  • fawning up on,
  • re-commends,
  • re commending,
  • ingratiating with,
  • payed respects,
  • hand to,
  • re commend,
  • taking hat to,
  • ingratiates oneself with,
  • paid respects,
  • pays respects,
  • patting on back,
  • singing praises of,
  • patted on back,
  • traded last,
  • patted back,
  • made much of,
  • takes hat to,
  • takes off hat to,
  • sang praises of,
  • trading last,
  • hands it to,
  • pats on back,
  • fawning upon,
  • ingratiates with,
  • ingratiate with,
  • ex tolling,
  • patted on the back,
  • re commends,
  • spake highly of,
  • pays tribute to,
  • ex-tolled,
  • puffs up.
  •honor (verb)
  • gave glad hand,
  • were faithful,
  • giving key to city,
  • giving key city,
  • lives to,
  • sub-limed,
  • sub limes,
  • looked up to,
  • gave key to city,
  • being faithful,
  • wast true,
  • gives key city,
  • give key city,
  • is faithful,
  • looks to,
  • rolls out red carpet,
  • sub lime,
  • giving glad hand,
  • was faithful,
  • lived up to,
  • sub liming,
  • up rearing,
  • up-reared,
  • lives up to,
  • am true,
  • gives glad hand,
  • lived to,
  • gives key to city,
  • rolling out red carpet,
  • wast faithful,
  • up-rear,
  • rolled out red carpet,
  • looks up to,
  • living up to,
  • wert true,
  • sub-limes,
  • living to,
  • am faithful,
  • up rears,
  • up-rears,
  • sub-liming,
  • up rear,
  • up reared,
  • art true,
  • sub limed,
  • are faithful,
  • sub-lime,
  • was true,
  • gave key city,
  • up-rearing,
  • were true,
  • looking up to,
  • are true,
  • being true,
  • looked to,
  • live to,
  • wert faithful.
  •honor, observe occasion (verb)
  • monument,
  • perpetuate,
  • monumentalize,
  • admire.
  •panegyrize (verb)
  • sang someones praises,
  • singing someone praises,
  • sings someones praises,
  • sang someone's praises,
  • sing someones praises,
  • sung someone's praises,
  • sang someone praises,
  • singing someone's praises,
  • singing someones praises,
  • sings someone's praises,
  • sung someones praises,
  • sing someone praises,
  • sung someone praises,
  • sings someone praises.
  •remember (verb)
  • flashing on,
  • refreshes memory,
  • re live,
  • re cognize,
  • re minding,
  • re-calling,
  • fixt in mind,
  • re cognized,
  • summons up,
  • fixt mind,
  • ex-tracts,
  • re living,
  • summoned up,
  • ex-tract,
  • holding dear,
  • re collecting,
  • digging in to the past,
  • looked back,
  • re-living,
  • has memories,
  • re tains,
  • strook a note,
  • had memories,
  • re-collected,
  • re membered,
  • re-minding,
  • fixing in mind,
  • re collect,
  • re tain,
  • dug into the past,
  • re-cognized,
  • fixed in the mind,
  • digging in to past,
  • digs in to past,
  • re-lived,
  • be think,
  • struck a note,
  • retro spect,
  • be-thinking,
  • re collected,
  • dig into past,
  • re-lives,
  • dug in to the past,
  • re-cognizing,
  • striking a note,
  • dig in to past,
  • having memories,
  • call mind,
  • re-live,
  • ring bell,
  • re collects,
  • refreshed memory,
  • striking note,
  • retrospecting,
  • digged in to the past,
  • digs into past,
  • hast memories,
  • hadst memories,
  • digged in to past,
  • re-member,
  • fixes the mind,
  • retro spects,
  • bear mind,
  • dug into past,
  • ringing bell,
  • dwell up on,
  • be thinks,
  • fixt the mind,
  • nailing down,
  • re-tain,
  • be thought,
  • re lived,
  • re cognizing,
  • looks back,
  • refreshing memory,
  • be thinking,
  • holds dear,
  • retro-spect,
  • flashed on,
  • fixed in mind,
  • strikes a note,
  • rings bell,
  • re-membered,
  • brooded over,
  • kept forever,
  • fixing mind,
  • fixes in the mind,
  • fix in mind,
  • rang bell,
  • fixing in the mind,
  • be-thought,
  • be-think,
  • re lives,
  • fixes mind,
  • dug in to past,
  • ex tract,
  • ringing a bell,
  • re-minds,
  • strook note,
  • digged into past,
  • re-call,
  • ringed a bell,
  • re cognizes,
  • re-members,
  • digs in to the past,
  • brooding over,
  • re members,
  • rings a bell,
  • summoning up,
  • re-collects,
  • haddest memories,
  • strike note,
  • fix mind,
  • re-tains,
  • retro-spects,
  • digging into past,
  • be-thinks,
  • flashes on,
  • re-called,
  • ringed bell,
  • re-collecting,
  • hath memories,
  • strikes note,
  • re-minded,
  • dig in to the past,
  • re calls,
  • fixes in mind,
  • re-calls,
  • re minds,
  • fixt in the mind,
  • digged into the past,
  • keeping forever,
  • keeps forever,
  • fixed the mind,
  • digging into the past,
  • re member,
  • fixing the mind,
  • retrospected,
  • re calling,
  • struck note,
  • rang a bell,
  • broods over,
  • digs into the past.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • memorize,
  • orate,
  • lecture,
  • review,
  • speak.
  •
  • talk.
  •remember
  • look back,
  • looking back,
  • dwell upon,
  • go back,
  • flash on,
  • calls up,
  • calling up,
  • hold dear,
  • relive,
  • Re-collect,
  • called up,
  • call up,
  • keep forever,
  • fix the mind,
  • summon up,
  • dig into the past,
  • brood over,
  • strike a note,
  • refresh memory,
  • fix in the mind,
  • reliving,
  • relives,
  • held dear,
  • relived,
  • fixed mind,
  • ring a bell,
  • have memories,
  • dwelling upon.

Paraphrases for Commemorate:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    commemorates, commemorating, celebrate.
  • Verb, past tense
    celebrated.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    celebrate.
  • Verb, base form
    celebrate.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    celebrations, commemorations, commemoration, memorial, mark.
  • Verb, past tense
    dedicated, marked, gathered, observed.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    observe, mark.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    covers, remembers, observes, falls.
  • Verb, base form
    Relating, honour, recall, remind, occasion, highlight, commend, solemnize, recognize, mention, observe, underscore, emphasise, acknowledge, commit, convene, underline, hold, note, reactivate, stress, signify, conclude, mark, reiterate.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    commemoration, honor.

Antonyms for Commemorate:

• v.

  • honor, observe occasion
    disregard, neglect, forget, ignore, overlook, dishonor.
  • Other antonyms:
    contemn, despise, profane.

Commemorate Sentence Examples:

• It may be a question then whether, while the former word of the compound connected with the father or the mother, the latter part did not sometimes connect with some other relative whose name it was desired to commemorate, giving the effect that is now frequently expressed by a Christian name and a surname.

• In 1690 the name was changed to Notre Dame de la Victoire, to commemorate the repulse of Phipps.

Hyponym for Commemorate:

• v.

  • cognition
    celebrate, keep, observe.