MEMORIZED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

memorized

verb

past tense of memorize

as in studied

to commit to memory everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class

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Recent Examples of memorized Knowing the show is a heavy lift, Ross came into rehearsals with the script already memorized. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 Think of it as the difference between a player who memorized every play in the book and one who reads the game in real time. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 That human-bear who memorized lines of poetry as a circus trick grew out of an old Russian fairy tale. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 The other half is King’s reaction, memorized by fans who grew up in the hopefulness of the Rose years. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 Perhaps only Meagher had nearly memorized it. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 Try to have your recipe or ingredients memorized or easily accessible should someone have questions about what’s in your tempting treat. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026 For decades, getting the most out of the terminal required that traders memorized an arcane and bewildering set of three- and four-letter keyboard commands and shortcuts, each of which called up a different feature, function, or dataset. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 Shailene Woodley’s Paradise character Annie may have memorized every nook and cranny of Elvis Presley’s Memphis estate Graceland, but the actress herself hasn’t made the pilgrimage there in the wake of her affecting performance in the show’s second season. — Scott Huver, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026

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Between 2019 and 2024, home values grew faster than incomes for young adults in 142 of 160 metropolitan areas Pew studied.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Beyond that, look for someone who has done the work, not just studied it.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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Investigators on the case were able to track the Dodge Ram to the dealership and learned that Fleming purchased it in cash and traded in the Dodge Challenger.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
Since this World Cup began, how many people have learned about Cape Verde, the small nation off the west coast of Africa?

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 4 July 2026

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