commemorate

/kəmˈɛmɚˌeɪt/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. celebrate by some ceremony or observation
   “The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade”
2. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
   “We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz”
3. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
   “This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps”

Synonyms for commemorate

• mark
• remember
• memorialize
• memorialise
• immortalize
• immortalise

Words that rhyme with commemorate

• straight
• separate
• plate
• mate
• date
• concentrate
• late
• state
• regenerate
• translate
• weight
• conjugate
• foliate
• grate
• initiate
• propagate
• accommodate
• articulate
• communicate
• eliminate
• gate
• great
• penetrate
• percolate
• precipitate
• rate
• slate
• stimulate
• subordinate
• suffocate