Synonyms for recognize
- admit
- know
- make
- note
- notice
- observe
- perceive
- remember
- see
- descry
- diagnose
- distinguish
- espy
- finger
- nail
- peg
- pinpoint
- place
- recall
- recollect
- remark
- sight
- spot
- tag
- verify
- be familiar
- button down
- determinate
- diagnosticate
- flash on
- know again
- make out
- ring a bell
- tab
Antonyms for recognize
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR RECOGNIZE
It does not matter whether we recognize a king or an emperor or a president as our ruler.
The bill of fare contains nothing which they recognize as such.
And now, thought I, am I to be ordered down to recognize my own proposals.
At times he seemed to recognize for a moment some of those with him.
He supposed me to be some passing stranger, and did not recognize me.
Even then he does not recognize a man, but God Himself as His judge.
I should not be surprised if I were to recognize him the first time I met him face to face.
"They are strange to me--I do not recognize their tribes," Kingozi replied blandly.
I wanted to see if you'd recognize me, and to have a little fun with you if you didn't.
The moment had been long enough for Dick to recognize Victor Woodville.
WORD ORIGIN
early 15c., "resume possession of land," back-formation from recognizance, or else from Old French reconoiss-, stem of reconoistre "to know again, identify, recognize," from Latin recognoscere "acknowledge, recall to mind, know again; examine; certify," from re- "again" (see re-) + cognoscere "know" (see cognizance). Meaning "know again, recall or recover the knowledge of, perceive an identity with something formerly known or felt" first recorded 1530s. Related: Recognized; recognizing.