What is another word for commemoration?
Pronunciation:
[ kəmˌɛməɹˈe͡ɪʃən], [ kəmˌɛməɹˈeɪʃən], [ k_ə_m_ˌɛ_m_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
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Synonyms for Commemoration:
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- remember .
- acclamation ,
- carousal ,
- celebration ,
- commencement ,
- convocation ,
- elation ,
- exultation ,
- feast ,
- festivity ,
- glee ,
- glorification ,
- holiday ,
- honor ,
- inauguration ,
- joy ,
- jubilation ,
- merry-making ,
- observance ,
- ovation ,
- praise ,
- proclamation ,
- rejoicing ,
- revelry ,
- ritual ,
- salute ,
- spree .
- Head-stone ,
- footstones ,
- head stones ,
- head-stones ,
- re cord ,
- re cords ,
- re minder ,
- re-cord ,
- re-cords ,
- re-minder ,
- re-minders ,
- stelai .
Other synonyms:
- initiation ,
- pow-wow ,
- unveiling .
- installation .
- review .
- parade .
Other relevant words:
- 366 days ,
- abide by ,
- acclaim ,
- accolade ,
- accomplishment ,
- accredit ,
- acknowledgement ,
- acknowledgment ,
- admonisher ,
- affaire ,
- aftermath ,
- allegiance ,
- amber ,
- amour ,
- announcement ,
- annunciation ,
- appreciate ,
- apprehension ,
- arouse ,
- arrest ,
- atomic number 79 ,
- au ,
- aureate ,
- awake ,
- awaken ,
- award ,
- backwash ,
- banquet ,
- bay wreath ,
- becharm ,
- beginning ,
- beguile ,
- bender ,
- bewitch ,
- bissextile year ,
- biyearly ,
- blowout ,
- book ,
- booty ,
- booze-up ,
- brass ,
- breath ,
- brush up ,
- brushup ,
- burial chamber ,
- burst ,
- cairn terrier ,
- call back ,
- call in ,
- call up ,
- callback ,
- calling together ,
- cap ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- care for ,
- carouse ,
- carrying into action ,
- carrying out ,
- case ,
- catch up with ,
- chaplet ,
- charm ,
- cherish ,
- choice ,
- chromatography column ,
- chuck ,
- citation ,
- cite ,
- clue ,
- collar ,
- come alive ,
- come back ,
- commencement ceremony ,
- commencement exercise ,
- commend ,
- commitment ,
- company ,
- computer memory ,
- computer storage ,
- confidential information ,
- congratulations ,
- consequence ,
- coronal ,
- coronate ,
- coronation ,
- course credit ,
- creation ,
- credit entry ,
- credit rating ,
- crest ,
- criminal record ,
- crisp ,
- crispen ,
- critical review ,
- critique ,
- crow ,
- crownwork ,
- cupful ,
- custom-made ,
- customs ,
- customs duty ,
- dab ,
- dagger ,
- data ,
- day of remembrance ,
- debut ,
- declaration ,
- decoration ,
- deferred payment ,
- delight ,
- demonstration ,
- depot ,
- diadem ,
- diamond wedding anniversary ,
- dirty money ,
- disc ,
- disk ,
- display ,
- drink ,
- eclat ,
- editorial ,
- effect ,
- elicitation ,
- empty tomb ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- enjoy ,
- enshrine ,
- enter ,
- enthronement ,
- enthronisation ,
- enthronization ,
- entrance ,
- entrepot ,
- entropy ,
- entry ,
- erecting ,
- esteem ,
- evocation ,
- execution ,
- exhibit ,
- exult ,
- exultant ,
- exulting ,
- facility ,
- fascinate ,
- february 29 ,
- feed ,
- fete ,
- fete day ,
- fire up ,
- first ,
- first appearance ,
- flash ,
- fling ,
- florilegium ,
- flourish ,
- follow-up ,
- followup ,
- formalities ,
- formalness ,
- foundation ,
- founding ,
- functioning ,
- fund ,
- fusillade ,
- gala affair ,
- gaudery ,
- gem ,
- generalisation ,
- generalization ,
- get ,
- get-go ,
- gilded ,
- gilt ,
- gimmick ,
- gladden ,
- gleefulness ,
- glib ,
- gloat ,
- gloating ,
- glory ,
- go ,
- go over ,
- golden ,
- goner ,
- good word ,
- grab ,
- gradation ,
- graduation exercise ,
- grave ,
- gravity ,
- handle ,
- hard-on ,
- hark back ,
- haul ,
- heat ,
- herpes zoster ,
- high spirits ,
- hilarity ,
- hitch ,
- hive away ,
- hoarded wealth ,
- hold dear ,
- honoring ,
- honour ,
- hypnotism ,
- idealisation ,
- idealization ,
- identification ,
- ignite ,
- immortalise ,
- immortalize ,
- impost ,
- inaugural ,
- inductance ,
- inductive reasoning ,
- inflame ,
- info ,
- innovation ,
- inscription ,
- inspection ,
- installing ,
- installment ,
- instalment ,
- instauration ,
- institution ,
- intercalary year ,
- intimacy ,
- intimation ,
- intro ,
- introduction ,
- investment ,
- involvement ,
- issue ,
- item ,
- jacket ,
- jacket crown ,
- jamboree ,
- jimmy ,
- jollify ,
- jot ,
- joyfulness ,
- joyousness ,
- jubilance ,
- jubilancy ,
- jubilant ,
- jubilate ,
- juncture ,
- junket ,
- key ,
- keystone ,
- kickoff ,
- knowledgeability ,
- knowledgeableness ,
- kudos ,
- launching ,
- laurel wreath ,
- laurels ,
- lay in ,
- lead ,
- leap day ,
- lei ,
- lever ,
- liaison ,
- lightness ,
- limited review ,
- look backward ,
- loot ,
- loving cup ,
- loyalty ,
- lozenge ,
- mainstay ,
- make happy ,
- make merry ,
- map ,
- mapping ,
- march ,
- mark ,
- marking ,
- match ,
- mathematical function ,
- matter ,
- medical history ,
- medical record ,
- memorial tablet ,
- memorialise ,
- memorialize ,
- memory board ,
- mention ,
- mesmerism ,
- military greeting ,
- mirth ,
- mirthfulness ,
- miscellany ,
- mite ,
- monitor ,
- natural event ,
- newspaper column ,
- nominal ,
- notice ,
- observe ,
- occurrence ,
- office ,
- officiate ,
- offset ,
- operate ,
- operation ,
- origination ,
- ostentation ,
- outcome ,
- outing ,
- outset ,
- overhear ,
- overtake ,
- pad ,
- pad of paper ,
- palm tree ,
- panegyric ,
- part ,
- party favor ,
- pate ,
- peak ,
- pean ,
- pennant ,
- phonograph record ,
- phonograph recording ,
- pick up ,
- picnic ,
- pill ,
- pillage ,
- pinch ,
- platter ,
- plaudit ,
- plaudits ,
- pleasure ,
- pledge ,
- plunder ,
- political party ,
- poll ,
- prefer ,
- present ,
- presentment ,
- prevail ,
- prideful ,
- prime ,
- prise ,
- privilege ,
- procedure ,
- proffer ,
- promenade ,
- prompt ,
- promulgation ,
- proposition ,
- protection ,
- pry ,
- public presentation ,
- pureness ,
- purity ,
- purpose ,
- put down ,
- put in ,
- quality ,
- quotation ,
- racket ,
- rap ,
- read ,
- realisation ,
- realization ,
- reappraisal ,
- reassessment ,
- recap ,
- recapitulation ,
- recollect ,
- recommendation ,
- record book ,
- reexamination ,
- reexamine ,
- reference ,
- reflection ,
- reflexion ,
- refresh ,
- register ,
- rejoice ,
- religious rite ,
- remembering ,
- repeat ,
- replication ,
- repository ,
- resound ,
- respect ,
- result ,
- retention ,
- retentiveness ,
- retentivity ,
- retrieve ,
- retrospect ,
- return ,
- revaluation ,
- reverberate ,
- reverberation ,
- review article ,
- revue ,
- reward ,
- ring ,
- role ,
- rouse ,
- routine ,
- run ,
- salt away ,
- salutation ,
- sedateness ,
- see ,
- select ,
- selective information ,
- sepulcher ,
- sepulture ,
- serve ,
- shop ,
- show ,
- showtime ,
- single-valued function ,
- slick ,
- snap ,
- snatch ,
- social function ,
- social occasion ,
- solemness ,
- solemnisation ,
- sound reflection ,
- soupcon ,
- speck ,
- spread ,
- stack away ,
- staidness ,
- standing ovation ,
- start ,
- starting time ,
- startup ,
- stash away ,
- steer ,
- stela ,
- stir up ,
- stock ,
- stop ,
- storage ,
- storehouse ,
- subprogram ,
- subroutine ,
- suggest ,
- summit ,
- survey ,
- swag ,
- tab ,
- take hold of ,
- take in ,
- taking into custody ,
- tap ,
- tape ,
- testimony ,
- thenar ,
- thing ,
- think ,
- think back ,
- think of ,
- thread ,
- time ,
- tinge ,
- tint ,
- tip ,
- tokenish ,
- toot ,
- top ,
- touch ,
- tower ,
- trace ,
- track record ,
- tradition ,
- trance ,
- transfuse ,
- treetop ,
- trigger ,
- trip up ,
- triumphal ,
- triumphant ,
- troop ,
- two-year ,
- typewriter ribbon ,
- unerasable ,
- upshot ,
- usage ,
- usance ,
- use ,
- vacation ,
- value ,
- victory ,
- view ,
- viewing ,
- volley ,
- wake island ,
- wake up ,
- waken ,
- wallow ,
- wassail ,
- watch ,
- watching ,
- whoop it up ,
- wind ,
- withdraw ,
- work ,
- zoster .
- Anniversaries ,
- Celebrating ,
- Decennial ,
- Diamond anniversary ,
- Fanfaronade ,
- Hallowing ,
- Hatchment ,
- Memento Mori ,
- Memories ,
- Octennial ,
- Quadrennial ,
- Quinquennial ,
- Remembrancer ,
- Septennial ,
- Tricennial ,
- achievement ,
- affair ,
- anamnesis ,
- anniversary ,
- annual holiday ,
- bicentenary ,
- bicentennial ,
- biennial ,
- birthday ,
- bissextile day ,
- cairn ,
- cenotaph ,
- centenary ,
- centennial ,
- ceremonial occasion ,
- column ,
- commemorate ,
- credit ,
- custom ,
- diamond jubilee ,
- diamond wedding ,
- encomium ,
- eulogy ,
- event ,
- fanfare ,
- favour ,
- feast day ,
- festival ,
- fiesta ,
- flapper ,
- flourish of trumpets ,
- function ,
- gala ,
- golden anniversary ,
- golden jubilee ,
- golden wedding ,
- golden wedding anniversary ,
- gravestone ,
- happening ,
- headstone ,
- hint ,
- holy days ,
- in honor of ,
- information ,
- leap year ,
- mausoleum ,
- medal ,
- memorial service ,
- memorialisation ,
- memorials ,
- memory ,
- monolith ,
- monumentalization ,
- name day ,
- natal day ,
- obelisk ,
- observation ,
- occasion ,
- paean ,
- party ,
- performance ,
- pillar ,
- prompting ,
- quasquicentennial ,
- quincentenary ,
- quincentennial ,
- recognition ,
- recollection ,
- record ,
- relic ,
- religious rites ,
- reminder ,
- reminiscence ,
- revel ,
- rite ,
- salvo ,
- sanctification ,
- sepulchre ,
- sesquicentennial ,
- shrine ,
- silver anniversary ,
- silver jubilee ,
- silver wedding ,
- silver wedding anniversary ,
- slab ,
- solemnization ,
- suggestion ,
- tablet ,
- tercentenary ,
- tercentennial ,
- token ,
- tomb ,
- tombstone ,
- tribute ,
- triennial ,
- triumph ,
- wake ,
- wedding anniversary .
- Cairns ,
- Downs ,
- Footstone ,
- cenotaphs ,
- ceremonials ,
- ceremony ,
- epigraph ,
- epigraphs ,
- erection ,
- erections ,
- formality ,
- functions ,
- gravestones ,
- head stone ,
- hic jacet ,
- memorialization ,
- monument ,
- monuments ,
- remembrance ,
- remembrancers ,
- requiescat in pace ,
- say so ,
- shingles ,
- stele ,
- steles ,
- testimonial ,
- testimonials .
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How to use "Commemoration" in context?
Often, commemoration surrounds deaths, but it can also refer to the various anniversaries of significant happenings in a person's life, whether those happenings are happy (birthday celebrations), sad (memorial services), or somewhere in-between (a celebratory cake on your child's fourth birthday).
Paraphrases for Commemoration:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
remembrance.
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Noun, singular or mass
remembrance.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
observance.
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Noun, singular or mass
observance, recognition.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
commemorate, commemorating, Celebrating, Persons, Survivors, commemorates, districts.
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Noun, singular or mass
appreciation, birthday, celebratory, commemorating, connection, contraction, designation, homage, honour, parade, reminder, Celebrating.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
celebration, ceremony, commemorative, memorial, celebrations.
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Noun, singular or mass
anniversary, celebration, ceremony, commemorative, event, honor, memento, memorial, memory, recollection, solemnization.
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Verb, base form
commemorate.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Commemoration:
n.
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event
ceremonial occasion, ceremony, ceremonial, observance.
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event
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