Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

1. recognize

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

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

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1. check yourself

   comical slang said to someone in place of ; hey ! your ego is bigger than the authority, power or influence u have here right now.

   - her mother has been interfering w sarahs wedding plans. = sarah just needs to tell her mom to 'recognize'

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recognizeverb

   Synonyms:
   know again, remember as formerly known, notice as already known

2. recognizeverb

   Synonyms:
   acknowledge, admit, own, avow, confess, confess knowledge of

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "recognize":

   acknowledge, recognise, recognition, recognizing, admit, recognizes, recognized, acknowledged, recognising, acknowledges, recognised, acknowledging, identify, realize, acknowledgement, agree, accept, preparedto, concede, appreciate, confess

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1. Prime Minister John Key:

   If we put our flag on a sweatshirt, not a single person outside of New Zealand, well, very few people will recognize that, how much is it worth ultimately if we change the flag and people recognize and buy our products? It's got to be worth billions over time.

2. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint.

3. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   A rape is an act of violence. It's a horrifying thing that happens. And fortunately, the number of abortions in this country that are due to rape are very small, less than 1% of the cases in the world. But they happen. And they're horrifying. And they're tragic. And I recognize that, i also recognize that because of the existence of over-the-counter morning after, not to mention medical treatment that's now available immediately after the assault, that should be widely available to victims, we can bring that number down to zero.

4. Grace Copplestone:

   So Han's really exciting because not only can he generate very realistic facial expressions, but he can also interact with the environment around him. So he has cameras on his eyes and on his chest, which allow him to recognize people's face, not only that, but recognize their gender, their age, whether they are happy or sad, and that makes him very exciting for places like hotels for example, where you need to appreciate the customers in front of you and react accordingly.

5. Bonnie Wright:

   I have had a few people recognize me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognize me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. If I was Daniel Radcliffe I think I would find it much harder to deal with.