What are some opposite words for realize?

Antonyms for realize
ˈri əˌlaɪzre·al·ize

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  1. realizeverb

    Synonyms:
    actualize, accomplish

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. realize

    Do is the one comprehensive word which includes this whole class. We may say of the least item of daily work, "It is done," and of the grandest human achievement, "Well done!" Finish and complete signify to bring to an end what was previously begun; there is frequently the difference in usage that finish is applied to the fine details and is superficial, while complete is comprehensive, being applied to the whole ideal, plan, and execution; as, to finish a statue; to complete a scheme of philosophy. To discharge is to do what is given in charge, expected, or required; as, to discharge the duties of the office. To fulfil is to do or to be what has been promised, expected, hoped, or desired; as, a son fulfils a father's hopes. Realize, effect, execute, and consummate all signify to embody in fact what was before in thought. One may realize that which he has done nothing to bring about; he may realize the dreams of youth by inheriting a fortune; but he can not effect his early designs except by doing the utmost that is necessary to make them fact. Effect includes all that is done to accomplish the intent; execute refers rather to the final steps; consummate is limited quite sharply to the concluding act. An officer executes the law when he proceeds against its violators; a purchase is consummated when the money is paid and the property delivered. Execute refers more commonly to the commands of another, effect and consummate to one's own designs; as, the commander effected the capture of the fort, because his officers and men promptly executed his commands. Achieve — to do something worthy of a chief — signifies always to perform some great and generally some worthy exploit. Perform and accomplish both imply working toward the end; but perform always allows a possibility of not attaining, while accomplish carries the thought of full completion. In Longfellow's lines, "Patience; accomplish thy labor," etc., perform could not be substituted without great loss. As between complete and accomplish, complete considers rather the thing as done; accomplish, the whole process of doing it. Commit, as applied to actions, is used only of those that are bad, whether grave or trivial; perpetrate is used chiefly of aggravated crimes or, somewhat humorously, of blunders. A man may commit a sin, a trespass, or a murder; perpetrate an outrage or a felony. We finish a garment or a letter, complete an edifice or a life-work, consummate a bargain or a crime, discharge a duty, effect a purpose, execute a command, fulfil a promise, perform our daily tasks, realize an ideal, accomplish a design, achieve a victory. Compare TRANSACT; TRANSACTION.

    Antonyms:
    baffle, come short, defeat, destroy, fail, frustrate, mar, miscarry, miss, neglect, ruin, spoil

    Synonyms:
    accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring about, bring to pass, carry out, carry through, commit, complete, consummate, discharge, do, effect, execute, finish, fulfil, perform, perpetrate, transact, work out

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.7 / 3 votes

  1. realize

    Antonyms:
    lose, miss, invalidate, dissipate, misrepresent, falsify, neutralize, misconceive

    Synonyms:
    substantiate, effectuate, accomplish, exhibit, produce, acquire, gain, reap, make, verify, conceive

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. recognize, recognise, realize, realise, agnize, agniseverb

    be fully aware or cognizant of

    Synonyms:
    greet, actualize, see, actualise, realise, gain, recognize, recognise, earn, know, clear, agnise, pick out, take in, pull in, bring in, agnize, substantiate, understand, distinguish, tell apart, make out, discern, spot, accredit, make, acknowledge

  2. understand, realize, realise, seeverb

    perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

    "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"

    Synonyms:
    earn, experience, take in, figure, date, go out, pull in, look, recognise, reckon, examine, go through, read, image, see to it, find, substantiate, go steady, actualize, construe, agnise, meet, view, get word, actualise, check, make, agnize, run across, see, find out, ascertain, fancy, picture, gain, translate, visualize, regard, empathize, realise, control, encounter, sympathise, assure, envision, watch, sympathize, run into, clear, infer, come across, determine, get a line, recognize, take care, escort, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, understand, interpret, bring in, catch, visualise, consider, empathise, learn, project, visit, discover, insure, hear

  3. realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiateverb

    make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

    "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

    Synonyms:
    actualise, actualize, see, realise, gain, corroborate, recognize, recognise, support, embody, clear, agnise, confirm, take in, pull in, agnize, substantiate, sustain, incarnate, understand, affirm, body forth, bring in, make, earn

  4. gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring inverb

    earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

    "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

    Synonyms:
    wee-wee, cause, receive, bring in, attract, make, arrive at, top, light up, recognise, draw, stool, have, solve, piddle, hold, overhear, draw in, sack, cod, unclutter, absorb, agnize, clear up, invite, garner, do, consume, earn, stimulate, pull, actualize, exculpate, assimilate, sort out, defecate, lay down, bring, make water, crystalise, name, pass water, actualise, exonerate, gull, make headway, crystalize, create, crap, collect, get to, pretend, cook, fool, suck, gain, build, authorize, assoil, adopt, gather, understand, crystallise, straighten out, establish, pee, discharge, sop up, constitute, make up, introduce, take up, give, attain, see, pull in, urinate, take, form, derive, catch, befool, benefit, net, acquit, substantiate, wee, ca-ca, pull ahead, get, recognize, prepare, suck in, micturate, soak up, agnise, watch, throw, advance, profit, reach, take a shit, get ahead, illuminate, score, view, piss, sack up, make believe, induce, dupe, ingest, brighten, put on, pee-pee, ready, shit, relieve oneself, fetch, spend a penny, elucidate, take in, gather in, enlighten, puddle, take a crap, clear, hit, produce, slang, gain ground, crystallize, acquire, suck up, move in, progress to, take a leak, authorise, get in, win, put one across, pass, put one over, nominate, shed light on, work, fix, realise, imbibe, seduce, construct

  5. realize, realiseverb

    convert into cash; of goods and property

    Synonyms:
    actualise, actualize, see, realise, gain, recognize, recognise, clear, agnise, take in, pull in, agnize, substantiate, understand, bring in, make, earn

  6. realize, realiseverb

    expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

    Synonyms:
    actualise, actualize, see, realise, gain, recognize, recognise, clear, agnise, take in, pull in, agnize, substantiate, understand, bring in, make, earn

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  1. realizeverb

    Synonyms:
    effectuate

How to use realize in a sentence?

  1. Ethan Hawke:

    You realize how much our identity has been wrapped up, about what we want, and how we see people, and how hard it is to sell a movie without a gun — no wonder we’re in turmoil over this subject.

  2. Lasamoa Cross:

    It's pure agony, i did not realize that grief turns into physical pain. It hurts your entire being.

  3. Mohave County:

    We realize today they’re not all pumping together, but if they were to do so, the concerns we have would be exacerbated beyond imagination, with the farmers talking about how efficient their irrigation methods are – that’s wonderful. The truth is, we are pumping four times what is going in.

  4. Paraguayan Justice Minister Cecilia Perez:

    It's an operation that took days and it is impossible that the officials did not realize that they were leaving ... obviously this was a paid plan.

  5. National Football League:

    Due to public safety concerns in light of the ongoing weather emergency in Western New York, Sunday’s Jets-Bills game will not be played in Buffalo, We have been in contact with the public authorities and we realize the importance of all available public safety resources being available for the community at this difficult time.

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#8135defeat
#11158neglect
#14164ruin
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#34032invalidate
#39656neutralize
#41205baffle
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#49275dissipate
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#179405miscarry

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