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The Meaning of realize

  • (v. t.) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.
  • (v. t.) To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
  • (v. t.) To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
  • (v. t.) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation.
  • (v. t.) To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
  • (v. i.) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.

Synonyms

greet , actualize , see , actualise , realise , gain , recognize , 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 , experience , figure , date , go out , look , reckon , examine , go through , read , image , see to it , find , go steady , construe , meet , view , get word , check , run across , find out , ascertain , fancy , picture , translate , visualize , regard , empathize , control , encounter , sympathise , assure , envision , watch , sympathize , run into , infer , come across , determine , get a line , take care , escort , witness , get wind , ensure , attend , pick up , interpret , catch , visualise , consider , empathise , learn , project , visit , discover , insure , hear , corroborate , support , embody , confirm , sustain , incarnate , affirm , body forth , wee-wee , cause , receive , attract , arrive at , top , light up , draw , stool , have , solve , piddle , hold , overhear , draw in , sack , cod , unclutter , absorb , clear up , invite , garner , do , consume , stimulate , pull , exculpate , assimilate , sort out , defecate , lay down , bring , make water , crystalise , name , pass water , exonerate , gull , make headway , crystalize , create , crap , collect , get to , pretend , cook , fool , suck , build , authorize , assoil , adopt , gather , crystallise , straighten out , establish , pee , discharge , sop up , constitute , make up , introduce , take up , give , attain , urinate , take , form , derive , befool , benefit , net , acquit , wee , ca-ca , pull ahead , get , prepare , suck in , micturate , soak up , throw , advance , profit , reach , take a shit , get ahead , illuminate , score , piss , sack up , make believe , induce , dupe , ingest , brighten , put on , pee-pee , ready , shit , relieve oneself , fetch , spend a penny , elucidate , gather in , enlighten , puddle , take a crap , hit , produce , slang , gain ground , crystallize , acquire , suck up , move in , progress to , take a leak , authorise , get in , win , put one across , pass , put one over , nominate , shed light on , work , fix , imbibe , seduce , construct , accomplish , carry out , perform , achieve , carry through , effect , perpetrate , commit , execute , bring about , complete , finish , transact , bring to pass , consummate , fulfil , work out , cognize , cognise

Antonyms

baffle , defeat , frustrate , miscarry , neglect , spoil , fail , mar , miss , ruin , come short , destroy

Homophones

realise

Rhymes

accessorize , actualize , advertise , advise , africanize , aggrandize , agonize , ais , allies , alphabetize , aluminize , americanize , amortize , analyze , anglicize , antagonize , apologize , applies , apprise , arise , authorize , ayes , balkanize , baptize , bies , bise , bitesize , brize , brutalize , burglarize , butterflies , buys , cannibalize , canonize , capitalize , capsize , caramelize , carbonize , catalyze , categorize , centralize , characterize , chastise , christianize , circularize , circumcise , civilize , clockwise , collateralize , collectivize , colonize , colorize , commercialize , communize , compartmentalize , complies , comprise , compromise , computerize , containerize , creolize , cries , crise , criticize , crosswise , crystallize , customize , decentralize , decries , decriminalize , deemphasize , deffeyes , defies , demilitarize , demise , demobilize , democratize , demonize , demoralize , denationalize , departmentalize , depersonalize , depressurize , deputize , desensitize , despise , destabilize , devise , digitize , dise , disenfranchise , disguise , disorganize , dramatize , dries , duis , dyes , economize , edgewise , editorialize , eis , empathize , emphasize , emprise , energize , enfranchise , enterprise , epitomize , equalize , eulogize , evangelize , exercise , eyes , familiarize , fantasize , federalize , fertilize , fictionalize , finalize , flies , formalize , fossilize , franchise , fraternize , fries , gadflies , galvanize , generalize , glamorize , globalize , goodbyes , grise , guise , guys , harmonize , hellenize , highs , hise , homogenize , hospitalize , humanize , hybridize , hydrolyze , hypnotize , hypothesize , idealize , idolize , immobilize , immunize , implies , improvise , incise , industrialize , initialize , internalize , internationalize , ionize , itemize , jeopardize , kleis , knies , krise , kyes , legalize , legitimize , lengthwise , levis , liberalize , lies , likewise , lionize , lise , localize , lullabies , marginalize , marseilles , materialize , maximize , mechanize , memorialize , memorize , merchandise , mesmerize , metabolize , mies , militarize , mineralize , miniaturize , minimize , mize , mobilize , modernize , monopolize , moralize , motorize , nationalize , naturalize , neutralize , nies , normalize , nuys , optimize , organize , ostracize , otherwise , outsize , overemphasize , oversize , oxidize , panelize , paralyze , pasteurize , pastoralize , patronize , penalize , personalize , pint-size , plagiarize , polarize , politicize , polymerize , popularize , pressurize , pries , prioritize , prise , privatize , prize , professionalize , propagandize , proselytize , publicize , pulverize , rabbis , randomize , rationalize , reauthorize , recapitalize , recognize , reemphasize , regionalize , relies , remerchandise , renationalize , reorganize , replies , reprise , revise , revitalize , revolutionize , rhapsodize , ries , rise , romanticize , rubberize , samurais , sanitize , satirize , scandalize , schleis , scrutinize , seise , sensationalize , sensitize , serialize , shies , sidewise , sighs , size , skies , socialize , soliloquize , sonrise , specialize , stabilize , standardize , sterilize , stigmatize , stylize , subsidize , suburbanize , summarize , sunrise , supervise , supplies , surmise , surprise , symbolize , sympathize , synchronize , synthesize , tantalize , televise , temporize , terrorize , thais , theis , theorize , thighs , ties , tranquilize , traumatize , tries , trivialize , undercapitalize , underlies , unionize , unwise , urbanize , utilize , vandalize , vaporize , verbalize , vies , visualize , westernize , winterize , wise , womanize , wyse