What is another word for apologize?
Synonyms for apologize
əˈpɒl əˌdʒaɪz
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term apologize.
Princeton's WordNet
apologize, apologise(verb)
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
"I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"
Synonyms:
excuse, justify, rationalise, apologise, rationalizeapologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise(verb)
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
Synonyms:
justify, condone, apologise, explain, relieve, prune, rationalize, excuse, beg off, vindicate, warrant, cut, let off, free, rationalise, exempt, absolve, pardon
Dictionary of English Synonymes
apologize(v. n.)
Synonyms:
make an apology, offer an excuse, plead in defence or extenuation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "apologize":
apologise, apologizes, excuse, apology, apologies, disculpo, -apologize, excuses
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #42 | free | |
| #1324 | cut | |
| #3082 | explain | |
| #6601 | warrant | |
| #7347 | exempt | |
| #8557 | excuse | |
| #9531 | justify | |
| #13778 | relieve | |
| #15033 | apologize | |
| #15589 | apologies | |
| #17325 | apology | |
| #17724 | pardon | |
| #18958 | excuses | |
| #31029 | apologise | |
| #32728 | prune | |
| #39252 | condone | |
| #43009 | rationalize | |
| #46894 | apologizes | |
| #74511 | absolve | |
| #80199 | vindicate | |
| #94999 | rationalise |
How to use apologize in a sentence?
We sincerely apologize to the gluten-free community and to anyone who may have been impacted.
I am sincerely sorry for those tweets and apologize wholeheartedly.
This is the darkest episode of my entire life, i want to apologize to the state of Singapore for the stupid act...I've learned my lesson and will never do it again.
I’m not in the business of that, there was a lot of frustration, and I was just really frustrated at that moment. It just happened naturally through emotions, frustration. Just want to apologize to Tre’Davious White. I don’t really believe in the type of shots like that.
We're waiting for an apology. If we get one, we can start down a new path, there's still time to take a step back, apologize, and then start over.
Translations for apologize
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- إعتذرArabic
- перапра́шваць, вы́бачыцца, выбача́цца, праба́чыцца, прабача́цца, перапрасі́цьBelarusian
- извиня́вам сеBulgarian
- apologitzarCatalan, Valencian
- omluvitCzech
- ymddiheurioWelsh
- entschuldigenGerman
- pardonpetiEsperanto
- disculparseSpanish
- puolustella, pyytää anteeksiFinnish
- excuserFrench
- ביקש סליחה, הִתְנַצֵּל, התנצלHebrew
- माफी माँगता हूँHindi
- tart, elnézést kér, védőbeszéd, bocsánatot kérHungarian
- apologiarIdo
- 謝る, 詫びるJapanese
- ბოდიშის მოხდაGeorgian
- ಕ್ಷಮೆKannada
- 사과하다Korean
- whakapāhaMāori
- zich verontschuldigen, verantwoordenDutch
- przeprosić, przepraszaćPolish
- apologizar, desculpar-sePortuguese
- извиня́ться, извини́тьсяRussian
- испричати, ispričatiSerbo-Croatian
- ви́бачитися, перепро́шувати, перепроси́ти, вибача́тисяUkrainian
- 道歉Chinese
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