Antonyms for recognize
ˈrɛk əgˌnaɪzrec·og·nize

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. recognize

   We accept another's statement; admit any point made against us; acknowledge what we have said or done, good or bad; avow our individual beliefs or feelings; certify to facts within our knowledge; confess our own faults; endorse a friend's note or statement; grant a request; own our faults or obligations; recognize lawful authority; concede a claim. Confess has a high and sacred use in the religious sense; as, to confess Christ before men. It may have also a playful sense (often with to); as, one confesses to a weakness for confectionery. The chief present use of the word, however, is in the sense of making known to others one's own wrong-doing; in this sense confess is stronger than acknowledge or admit, and more specific than own; a person admits a mistake; acknowledges a fault; confesses sin or crime. Compare APOLOGY; AVOW.

   Antonyms:
   cloak, conceal, cover, deny, disavow, disguise, disown, dissemble, dissimulate, hide, mask, repudiate, screen, secrete, veil

   Synonyms:
   accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, certify, concede, confess, disclose, endorse, grant, own

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 5 votes

1. recognize

   Antonyms:
   ignore, overlook, misobserve, repudiate, disavow, disown, disallow, recoil

   Synonyms:
   identify, acknowledge, concede, know again, avow, own, allow

Matched Categories

1. • Accept
   • Address
   • Appreciate
   • Be
   • Know
   • License
   • Thank

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 4 votes

1. acknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb

   accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

   "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, experience, have a go at it, have sex, spot, bed, cognise, know, get laid, make love, bonk, agnise, acknowledge, greet, love, agnize, admit, pick out, eff, live, sleep together, notice, realise, do it, accredit, lie with, make out, discern, be intimate, jazz, sleep with, hump, receipt, screw, have it off, recognise, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, realize, roll in the hay

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

   be fully aware or cognizant of

   Synonyms:
   greet, actualize, see, actualise, realize, realise, gain, 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

3. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb

   detect with the senses

   "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

   Synonyms:
   discern, bang, have it away, screw, acknowledge, recognise, deal, grapple, get along, choose, distinguish, greet, make love, discover, do, jazz, key, love, roll in the hay, separate, cut, neck, be intimate, signalize, accredit, name, pick out, eff, bonk, make do, spot, bed, do it, mark, have intercourse, realize, make out, manage, have sex, tell apart, select, secern, take, fill out, fill in, have a go at it, key out, tell, agnise, describe, secernate, sleep with, agnize, blemish, identify, contend, issue, fleck, hump, get laid, severalize, descry, have it off, sleep together, get by, signalise, write out, spy, cope, severalise, know, come, get it on, differentiate, complete, blot, fare, lie with, espy, realise, blob

4. recognize, recogniseverb

   perceive to be the same

   Synonyms:
   know, recognise, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make out

5. accredit, recognize, recogniseverb

   grant credentials to

   "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, realize, realise, recognise, know, credit, agnise, pick out, agnize, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledge

6. greet, recognize, recogniseverb

   express greetings upon meeting someone

   Synonyms:
   know, recognise, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, greet, discern, make out, agnise

7. acknowledge, recognize, recogniseverb

   express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for

   "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, admit, notice, realize, realise, recognise, know, agnise, pick out, agnize, receipt, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit, acknowledge

8. recognizeverb

   exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)

   Synonyms:
   know, recognise, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make out

9. recognize, recogniseverb

   show approval or appreciation of

   "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"

   Synonyms:
   know, recognise, realize, tell apart, agnize, spot, realise, acknowledge, distinguish, accredit, pick out, greet, agnise, discern, make out

How to use recognize in a sentence?

1. Matthew Kacsmaryk:

   If you look at the letter that was issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, they point out that the category sexual orientation is problematic because it’s not defined, most Abrahamic faith traditions will draw a distinction between someone who experiences the same sex attraction but is willing to live celibate and somebody who experiences the same sex attraction and makes it a lifestyle and seeks to sexualize that lifestyle. Those are two different categories that most Abrahamic faith traditions recognize.

2. Jim Kenney:

   I recognize that this is a very difficult time for the family of Walter Wallace Jr., Walter Wallace Jr. and for the entire city of Philadelphia. The killing of Mr. Walter Wallace Jr., Walter Wallace Jr. was painful and traumatic for many Philadelphians. This tragic and unsettling incident, along with last year's protests, underscored the urgency of many important reforms such as mental health training and crisis response resources. I am committed to making lasting reforms that will ensure that all Philadelphians have the safety and available supports that Walter Wallace Jr. deserve.

3. Jonathan Suffolk:

   If a performer jumps a few lines, the system will react, it will take a second or two but the system will react and it will recognize where it is.

4. Bo Muller-Moore:

   People recognize that a dude in Vermont that currently has people stealing my easily replicable designs, they recognize I need more protection, people recognize that I'm selling T-shirts online, and they're selling sandwiches in airports and malls and stand-alone stores. And there's plenty of room for each of us.

5. Cara Cullen:

   On March 31, my mother-in-law was one of the first people to pass away from this virusin Massachusetts. ... I do know how serious this is, i dont think this is a hoax. I think its serious. And my four children never saw their grandmother again and havent been able to properly grieve.So I do recognize how real this virus is.

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