Antonyms for realize
ˈri əˌlaɪzre·al·ize

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1. realizeverb

   Synonyms:
   actualize, accomplish

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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

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1. realize

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Commerce
   • Get
   • Sell

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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. John Koenig:

   As a kid you run around so fast, the world around you seems to stand still. A summer vacation can stretch on for an eternity. With each birthday we circle back and cross the same point around the sun. We wish each other 'many happy returns.' But soon you feel the circle begin to tighten, and you realize it’s a spiral, and you’re already halfway through...

2. David Gruber:

   Similar to how antifreeze in your car keeps the water in your radiator from freezing in cold temperatures, some animals have evolved amazing machinery that prevent them from freezing, such as antifreeze proteins, which prevent ice crystals from forming, we already knew that this tiny snailfish, which lives in extremely cold waters, produced antifreeze proteins, but we didn't realize just how chock-full of those proteins it is -- and the amount of effort it was putting into making these proteins.

3. Shannen Doherty:

   The person I thought I was supposed to be or was going to be or who I thought I was six months ago is now somebody completely different, and I realize, ‘Wow, I really thought that I was so brave and so gracious this entire time and really I was just hiding.’.

4. Dennis Farris:

   This is what he ran on and what people need to understand when he ran for district attorney, he ran on, ‘I am going to indict police officers for wrongdoing,’ and it's what he perceives as wrongdoing and you have to look at his background to realize what he perceives as wrongdoing. So in the last 14 months, he's been the D.A. If he does indict twenty-one Austin police officers, he will have indicted close to 30 police officers in 14 months.

5. Suzanne Heller:

   Misery is when grown-ups don't realize how miserable kids can feel.

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