Word REALIZE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

realize

🇺🇸 [ˈrɪəˌlaɪz]

Meanings

To become fully aware of something or to bring something into reality. Realizing something involves a sudden awareness or understanding. It can also mean to achieve or make something happen after planning or effort.

Examples

• She didn’t realize how much she had missed her friends until they reunited.
• He realized his dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur.
• They slowly realized that they were lost in the city.

Synonyms

understand • recognize • achieve

Antonyms

ignore • overlook • misunderstand