commemorate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of COMMEMORATE

to be a memorial of <a stone obelisk commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill>

Synonyms memorialize, monumentalize

Related Words celebrate, keep, observe, remember; enshrine, exalt, glorify, honor; bless, consecrate, sanctify, solemnize

Near Antonyms disgrace, dishonor

to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony <let's commemorate Martin Luther King Day with readings of some of Dr. King's speeches>

Synonyms celebrate, commemorate, observe

Related Words bless, consecrate, sanctify, solemnize; fete (or fête), honor, laud, praise; memorialize, remember

Near Antonyms blow off, disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook

Antonyms break, transgress, violate

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