RECOGNIZING Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

recognizing

verb

present participle of recognize

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost

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as in honoring

to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration an awards banquet to recognize local heroes

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Recent Examples of recognizing Still, Gilbert, recognizing the risks, urged his audience to seize the day. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 According to the Skydio website, the X10 model is capable of recognizing people from a 2,620-foot distance and reading license plates from 800 feet away. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Let’s say this works out, recognizing that a couple of impressive days at training camp are a really long road shy of that sentence being true. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026 Kraft’s opportunity came from recognizing the emotional context surrounding the product and responding before the conversation moved on. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Many autistic individuals have a harder time remembering faces and recognizing facial emotions than their neurotypical counterparts. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 An important way to fight lookism is by recognizing human multidimensionality. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 Brown spoke about the importance of mental health and recognizing when relationships no longer serve personal growth. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 Human translators generally remain better than AI at recognizing subtle meanings and anticipating how audiences are likely to respond. — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

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Verb

But knowing how these shows work, Aaron will probably go home and Bryan and Bi will make it to the final to continue their rivalry there.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
Not knowing the answer, the contestants used their lifeline to ask host Jimmy Kimmel.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 July 2026

Definition of knowing

Verb

Order is restored to the kingdom through what is known as the Rumpelstiltskin effect, a term used by psychologists to describe the naming of something in order to create an illusion of understanding it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Why Boxwoods Turn Brown The key to saving a browning boxwood is understanding why its foliage is fading to begin with, as not all causes are necessarily bad.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of understanding

Verb

Western San Gabriel Mountains/Highway 14 Corridor When an air quality alert pops up on the radar, deciphering its implications is crucial.

— Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 30 July 2026
Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

Definition of deciphering

Verb

And the actor believes there is a power in seeing only the before and aftermath of the killing.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
There was the guy Daemon stabbed through the ear, and then the smelly killers Gwayne sniffed out, and now Ser Adrian, who took a knife to the throat within seconds of seeing Aemond.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of seeing

Verb

Hard sci-fi, meanwhile, leans into the fact that life evolving on other planets, under different conditions, and across different stretches of time will almost certainly take on forms so different from ours that comprehending them would be like imagining a new color.

— Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
As for whether comprehending the wiring of the brain really demands techniques from the frontiers of theoretical physics, questions remain.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of comprehending

Verb

In fact, the country’s famous pura vida philosophy encourages experiencing wellness at a slower pace and appreciating the present, according to Simon Jones, the CEO of international tour company Trafalgar.

— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
The younger person will have a harder time appreciating what Ron Washington has done, and does, just to go back to the ballpark.

— Mac Engel August 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of appreciating

Verb

That there was grasping profit-seeking by private-sector grocery stores.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
By combining grasping and touch sensing into a single soft device, future robots could be trained to perform much more complex and demanding tasks than simply washing the dishes.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 20 July 2026

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