Synonyms for Apologize:

• v.

  • apologize
  • answer
  ,
  • confess
  .
  • atone
  • redeem oneself
  .
  • communication
  • apologize
  .
  • vindicate
  • absolve
  ,
  • acquit
  ,
  • avenge
  ,
  • dismiss
  ,
  • exculpate
  ,
  • exonerate
  ,
  • refute
  .

• Other synonyms:

•
• eat humble pie
,
• expiate
,
• make up to
.
•
• maintain
,
• speak up for
,
• stand up for
,
• stick up for
,
• support
.

• Other relevant words:

• Rued
,
• abbreviate
,
• abduce
,
• abide
,
• abject
,
• abjure
,
• abridge
,
• abruptly
,
• absolved
,
• absolvitory
,
• abuse
,
• aby
,
• abye
,
• accept
,
• accommodate
,
• accompaniment
,
• acknowledgment
,
• acquire
,
• act
,
• activate
,
• actuate
,
• adduce
,
• adjourn
,
• adopt
,
• advert
,
• affirm
,
• aid
,
• aim
,
• all the way
,
• allay
,
• alleviate
,
• allow
,
• allow in
,
• amnesty
,
• annotate
,
• apologia
,
• appease
,
• arrive at
,
• ask
,
• asperse
,
• aspersion
,
• assert
,
• asseverate
,
• assistance
,
• assistant
,
• assoil
,
• assuage
,
• assume
,
• atone
,
• attain
,
• attaint
,
• attend
,
• attend to
,
• authorise
,
• authorize
,
• avail
,
• aver
,
• back
,
• back away
,
• back off
,
• back out
,
• back up
,
• backing
,
• backup
,
• badly
,
• badness
,
• balancing
,
• barely
,
• barf
,
• barren
,
• baseball swing
,
• be
,
• be ashamed
,
• be contrite
,
• be sick
,
• be sorry
,
• bear
,
• bear out
,
• become
,
• behave
,
• bend
,
• besmirch
,
• biased
,
• big
,
• bit
,
• blade
,
• bleached
,
• blemish
,
• blob
,
• blow up
,
• blue
,
• blur
,
• boil down
,
• bolster
,
• bout
,
• bow out
,
• brand name
,
• brandmark
,
• bread and butter
,
• break
,
• break down
,
• brighten
,
• bring
,
• bring back
,
• bring down
,
• bring in
,
• bring out
,
• bring up
,
• brook
,
• brush aside
,
• brush off
,
• brusk
,
• brusque
,
• buffer
,
• build
,
• bungling
,
• burn
,
• burnish
,
• bushel
,
• bypast
,
• ca-ca
,
• cake
,
• call back
,
• call for
,
• call in
,
• call on
,
• calumniate
,
• calumny
,
• can
,
• cancel
,
• carry
,
• cast
,
• cat
,
• catch up with
,
• cause
,
• cave in
,
• cesspit
,
• cesspool
,
• champion
,
• change by reversal
,
• change state
,
• charter
,
• chicken out
,
• chip at
,
• choose
,
• chop shot
,
• chop up
,
• chopper
,
• chuck
,
• citation
,
• claim
,
• clean
,
• clean-cut
,
• clear up
,
• clear-cut
,
• cleared
,
• clearly
,
• clip
,
• clumsy
,
• coating
,
• cold shoulder
,
• collapse
,
• color in
,
• colored
,
• colorful
,
• coloring
,
• coloring material
,
• colorise
,
• colorize
,
• colouration
,
• colourise
,
• colourize
,
• come down
,
• command
,
• comment
,
• compensation
,
• complimentary
,
• comport
,
• comprise
,
• concede
,
• concentrate
,
• conduct
,
• confirm
,
• conjoin
,
• conk out
,
• conserve
,
• consider
,
• constitute
,
• construct
,
• construe
,
• consume
,
• contain
,
• continuous tense
,
• contract
,
• contrive
,
• controvert
,
• contumely
,
• convey
,
• cook
,
• cook up
,
• correct
,
• corroborate
,
• costless
,
• countenance
,
• counterbalance
,
• counterfeit
,
• cover
,
• cower
,
• crap
,
• crawfish
,
• crawfish out
,
• crawling
,
• create
,
• credit
,
• creep
,
• creeping
,
• cringe
,
• crook
,
• crop
,
• crystalise
,
• crystalize
,
• crystallise
,
• crystallize
,
• curt
,
• curtly
,
• curve
,
• cushion
,
• cussed
,
• cut back
,
• cut down
,
• cut of meat
,
• cut off
,
• cut up
,
• cutting
,
• cutting off
,
• damages
,
• damp
,
• dampen
,
• dark
,
• darn
,
• daub
,
• dead
,
• deal
,
• decipherable
,
• decoct
,
• defamation
,
• defame
,
• defecate
,
• defending team
,
• defense department
,
• defense force
,
• defense lawyers
,
• defense mechanism
,
• defense reaction
,
• defense team
,
• defensive measure
,
• defensive structure
,
• deform
,
• degrade
,
• deletion
,
• demand
,
• demean
,
• demurrer
,
• denial
,
• denigrate
,
• denigration
,
• denounce
,
• deoxidise
,
• deoxidize
,
• depart
,
• departed
,
• department of defense
,
• deplorable
,
• deport
,
• desert
,
• destitute
,
• detached
,
• detonate
,
• develop
,
• devise
,
• devoid
,
• die
,
• digest
,
• dilate
,
• dilute
,
• dim
,
• dingy
,
• dip
,
• direct
,
• discharge
,
• discolor
,
• discolour
,
• disconsolate
,
• discount
,
• discredit
,
• disembarrass
,
• disengage
,
• disgorge
,
• dishonor
,
• dishonour
,
• dislodge
,
• dismal
,
• displace
,
• disregard
,
• diss
,
• dissolve
,
• distort
,
• distressing
,
• doctor
,
• documentation
,
• dod
,
• dominate
,
• drab
,
• draw
,
• draw back
,
• draw in
,
• draw off
,
• drear
,
• dreary
,
• dress
,
• drive
,
• drop
,
• drop down
,
• dyed
,
• earn
,
• ease
,
• ease up
,
• eat up
,
• edit
,
• edit out
,
• elaborate
,
• elucidate
,
• emasculated
,
• emblazon
,
• embrace
,
• endorse
,
• endorsement
,
• endure
,
• engage
,
• enlarge
,
• enlighten
,
• entomb
,
• establish
,
• even off
,
• even out
,
• even up
,
• exact
,
• excision
,
• excogitate
,
• exculpated
,
• exculpation
,
• excusatory
,
• execrable
,
• exert
,
• exonerated
,
• exoneration
,
• exonerative
,
• expand
,
• expatiate
,
• expiation
,
• explode
,
• exposit
,
• fabricate
,
• facilitate
,
• fail
,
• fake
,
• fall in
,
• fall off
,
• fallible
,
• famine
,
• fashion
,
• fault
,
• faulty
,
• fawn
,
• feather
,
• ferment
,
• fight
,
• fight back
,
• fight down
,
• fill
,
• film
,
• financial backing
,
• financial support
,
• fink
,
• fire
,
• firebrand
,
• fix
,
• fixing
,
• fixture
,
• flaw
,
• fleck
,
• flesh out
,
• flex
,
• flush
,
• follow
,
• food color
,
• food coloring
,
• force out
,
• foregone
,
• foreshorten
,
• forged
,
• forget
,
• forgetful
,
• form
,
• formulate
,
• forswear
,
• founder
,
• foursquare
,
• frail
,
• free pardon
,
• free people
,
• front crawl
,
• fumbling
,
• funding
,
• furbish up
,
• gain
,
• gallic
,
• gash
,
• geld
,
• gelded
,
• gentle
,
• get
,
• get hitched with
,
• get hold of
,
• get married
,
• get to
,
• give
,
• give notice
,
• give out
,
• give the axe
,
• give the sack
,
• give up
,
• gloomy
,
• glossary
,
• glossiness
,
• go
,
• go bad
,
• go down
,
• go under
,
• gone
,
• good turn
,
• good-for-naught
,
• good-for-nothing
,
• gratis
,
• gratuitous
,
• grim
,
• grovel
,
• grow
,
• gruntle
,
• guarantee
,
• guard
,
• guide
,
• hack
,
• hammer
,
• hapless
,
• hardly
,
• harmonise
,
• harmonize
,
• have
,
• heal
,
• hearty
,
• help oneself
,
• helper
,
• herb of grace
,
• high-risk
,
• hire
,
• hold
,
• hold up
,
• honk
,
• hook up with
,
• hush up
,
• ignominy
,
• ignore
,
• illuminate
,
• immerse
,
• impenitent
,
• imperfect tense
,
• implore
,
• imprimatur
,
• inadequateness
,
• incapable
,
• incite
,
• include
,
• incompetent person
,
• indemnification
,
• indemnify
,
• indemnity
,
• indorse
,
• induce
,
• inferior
,
• ingest
,
• inhume
,
• innocent
,
• instigate
,
• insufficiency
,
• inter
,
• intromit
,
• invent
,
• involve
,
• issue
,
• jejune
,
• just
,
• keep
,
• keep down
,
• keep going
,
• keep up
,
• know
,
• lacking
,
• lame
,
• lament
,
• lamentable
,
• lapse
,
• lay down
,
• lay to rest
,
• lead
,
• learn
,
• lease
,
• leave out
,
• lenify
,
• let in
,
• liberal
,
• liberate
,
• light
,
• light up
,
• lighten
,
• little
,
• livelihood
,
• living
,
• look across
,
• look at
,
• look backward
,
• look out on
,
• look out over
,
• loose
,
• lop
,
• low
,
• low-down
,
• lucubrate
,
• make believe
,
• make out
,
• make water
,
• manufacture
,
• mar
,
• mark
,
• marque
,
• marry
,
• measly
,
• melt off
,
• mending
,
• mention
,
• meritless
,
• micturate
,
• misfortunate
,
• miss
,
• moderate
,
• mold
,
• mollify
,
• mould
,
• move around
,
• move back
,
• move over
,
• mown
,
• musical accompaniment
,
• myopic
,
• name
,
• necessitate
,
• need
,
• neglect
,
• negligible
,
• negro
,
• net
,
• no-account
,
• no-count
,
• no-good
,
• nominate
,
• nontaxable
,
• notice
,
• number
,
• obdurate
,
• observe
,
• obstinate
,
• occupy
,
• offset
,
• omit
,
• one-sided
,
• open
,
• oppose
,
• opt out
,
• overcompensate
,
• overleap
,
• overtop
,
• pacify
,
• pack
,
• pare down
,
• part
,
• pass
,
• pass water
,
• patch
,
• patch up
,
• patronage
,
• patronise
,
• patronize
,
• paucity
,
• pay
,
• pay off
,
• payoff
,
• pee
,
• pee-pee
,
• peel
,
• pelage
,
• penitence
,
• percipient
,
• pick out
,
• piddle
,
• piss
,
• placate
,
• play
,
• plough
,
• plow
,
• plump for
,
• plunk for
,
• polish
,
• poor
,
• post
,
• postulate
,
• pray
,
• prepare
,
• preserve
,
• pretend
,
• pretermit
,
• proceeds
,
• produce
,
• profess
,
• progress to
,
• progressive
,
• progressive tense
,
• propitiation
,
• public square
,
• puddle
,
• puke
,
• pull away
,
• pull back
,
• pull in
,
• pull in one's horns
,
• pull out
,
• purgation
,
• purging
,
• purify
,
• push aside
,
• put down
,
• put up
,
• quash
,
• quotation
,
• quote
,
• ransomed
,
• rapprochement
,
• re-formed
,
• reach
,
• read
,
• readable
,
• ready
,
• realise
,
• realize
,
• rebut
,
• recall
,
• recant
,
• recede
,
• receipt
,
• reclaim
,
• recognise
,
• recognize
,
• rectify
,
• redress
,
• reenforcement
,
• refer
,
• reference
,
• refutation
,
• regenerate
,
• regorge
,
• regret
,
• regurgitate
,
• reinforcement
,
• release
,
• relent
,
• relieve oneself
,
• relinquish
,
• remedy
,
• remission of sin
,
• remit
,
• remitment
,
• remittal
,
• remittance
,
• remove
,
• remunerate
,
• render
,
• rent
,
• repair
,
• repent
,
• repentance
,
• reply
,
• repossess
,
• represent
,
• repress
,
• reproach oneself
,
• require
,
• resign
,
• resile
,
• resolution
,
• resolve
,
• respond
,
• response
,
• restitution
,
• restore
,
• result
,
• retaliate
,
• retch
,
• retire
,
• retreat
,
• retrospect
,
• return
,
• revenge
,
• reverse
,
• review
,
• revilement
,
• rick
,
• rid
,
• ridiculous
,
• right
,
• risky
,
• round
,
• routine
,
• rubric
,
• rue
,
• rueful
,
• ruefulness
,
• ruthful
,
• sack
,
• sack up
,
• sad
,
• salvage
,
• salve
,
• sanctify
,
• sanction
,
• satisfaction
,
• satisfying
,
• save
,
• say
,
• scale down
,
• scant
,
• scarcely
,
• score
,
• scour
,
• scummy
,
• scurvy
,
• seal
,
• seclude
,
• second power
,
• seduce
,
• see
,
• see error of ways
,
• see the light
,
• select
,
• self-abasement
,
• self-justification
,
• self-mortification
,
• semblance
,
• send away
,
• send packing
,
• sequester
,
• sequestrate
,
• serve
,
• service
,
• set forth
,
• set out
,
• settle
,
• shame
,
• shape
,
• shed light on
,
• sheer
,
• shit
,
• shoot
,
• short-change
,
• short-circuit
,
• shortage
,
• shorten
,
• shortened
,
• shortfall
,
• shortly
,
• shortsighted
,
• shortstop
,
• show penitence
,
• shrink
,
• shrink back
,
• shrive
,
• shuffle
,
• shuffling
,
• sick
,
• silly
,
• sinkhole
,
• skate over
,
• skimp over
,
• skin
,
• skip
,
• slanted
,
• slash
,
• slashed
,
• sleek over
,
• slenderize
,
• slew
,
• slice
,
• slide down
,
• slim
,
• slim down
,
• slue
,
• slump
,
• slur over
,
• smear
,
• smirch
,
• smithy
,
• smudge
,
• snip
,
• snub
,
• solicit
,
• solid
,
• solution
,
• solve
,
• solvent
,
• sorrow
,
• sort out
,
• sour
,
• spare
,
• spark
,
• spark off
,
• speculative
,
• spell
,
• spend a penny
,
• spew
,
• spirt
,
• spoiled
,
• spoilt
,
• spot
,
• sprain
,
• spue
,
• spurt
,
• square toes
,
• square up
,
• squarely
,
• squeal
,
• stain
,
• stand
,
• start
,
• start out
,
• steel
,
• stick out
,
• stigma
,
• stigmatise
,
• stigmatize
,
• still
,
• stimulate
,
• stinger
,
• stir up
,
• stock warrant
,
• stock-purchase warrant
,
• stomach
,
• stool
,
• straight
,
• straighten out
,
• straightforward
,
• strike
,
• study
,
• subdue
,
• subjugate
,
• submit
,
• subscribe
,
• subscribe to
,
• subside
,
• subsidence
,
• substandard
,
• substantial
,
• substantiate
,
• suddenly
,
• suffer
,
• suffering
,
• suffice
,
• sully
,
• summon
,
• summons
,
• sump
,
• supplication
,
• supporter
,
• supporting
,
• surface
,
• sustain
,
• sustenance
,
• swallow
,
• swallow hole
,
• swallow up
,
• sweep up
,
• swerve
,
• swing
,
• switch off
,
• sword
,
• tailor
,
• take a crap
,
• take a leak
,
• take a shit
,
• take aim
,
• take away
,
• take down
,
• take in
,
• take off
,
• take on
,
• take out
,
• take over
,
• take up
,
• takings
,
• tap
,
• terminate
,
• thin
,
• thin out
,
• thinned
,
• throw
,
• throw out
,
• throw up
,
• tighten
,
• tinge
,
• tolerate
,
• top
,
• touch off
,
• touch on
,
• tough
,
• tour
,
• track
,
• trade name
,
• trademark
,
• train
,
• translate
,
• trend
,
• trifling
,
• trigger
,
• trigger off
,
• trim
,
• trim back
,
• trim down
,
• trimmed
,
• trip
,
• turn of events
,
• turn off
,
• turn out
,
• turn over
,
• turning
,
• twist
,
• unawares
,
• unblock
,
• unbosom
,
• unclouded
,
• unclutter
,
• uncollectible
,
• undercut
,
• underpin
,
• understand
,
• unequal
,
• unequal to
,
• unfit
,
• unforesightful
,
• unfreeze
,
• unloose
,
• unloosen
,
• unmortgaged
,
• unqualified
,
• unremorseful
,
• unretentive
,
• unsay
,
• unskilled
,
• unsound
,
• upbraid
,
• upchuck
,
• uphold
,
• urinate
,
• use up
,
• usher out
,
• veer
,
• venial
,
• vilification
,
• vindicated
,
• vividness
,
• vomit
,
• vomit up
,
• wait on
,
• want
,
• wanting
,
• warrantee
,
• warranty
,
• water under the bridge
,
• weak
,
• weaken
,
• weakened
,
• wed
,
• wee
,
• wee-wee
,
• well-defined
,
• whitewash
,
• whittle
,
• wield
,
• woeful
,
• work
,
• wreak
,
• wrench
,
• wretched
,
• wrick
,
• write out
,
• yield
,
• Gloze
,
• admit guilt
,
• affront
,
• alibi
,
• alibi out of
,
• allege
,
• apologetic
,
• apologise
,
• apologize for
,
• apology
,
• ask forgiveness
,
• ask pardon
,
• assist
,
• back down
,
• bad
,
• beg indulgence
,
• beg off
,
• beg pardon
,
• bemoan
,
• bewail
,
• blot
,
• bolster up
,
• bow to
,
• brand
,
• carve
,
• chop
,
• cite
,
• clear oneself
,
• coat
,
• coloration
,
• colors
,
• coloured
,
• colouring
,
• colours
,
• compensate
,
• condone
,
• contrite
,
• cop a plea
,
• cop out
,
• crawl
,
• cut
,
• dearth
,
• defect
,
• defective
,
• defence
,
• defense
,
• deficiency
,
• deficient
,
• deficit
,
• deplore
,
• disgrace
,
• eat your words
,
• espouse
,
• excuse me
,
• excuse oneself
,
• exempt
,
• explain
,
• explicate
,
• expound
,
• express regret
,
• extenuate
,
• extenuating
,
• feel remorse
,
• feel sorry
,
• free
,
• get down on knees
,
• give satisfaction
,
• give way
,
• gloss
,
• gloss over
,
• help
,
• imperfect
,
• inadequacy
,
• inadequate
,
• incompetent
,
• insufficient
,
• insult
,
• interpret
,
• justification
,
• justify
,
• lack
,
• let-off
,
• libel
,
• make apology for
,
• make concessions
,
• make excuses
,
• make reparations
,
• make up
,
• make up with
,
• mince
,
• miserable
,
• mourn
,
• offer compensation
,
• offer excuse
,
• palliate
,
• paltry
,
• pare
,
• pathetic
,
• penitent
,
• piteous
,
• pitiable
,
• pitiful
,
• plea
,
• plead guilty
,
• plead ignorance
,
• prune
,
• purge
,
• rationalise
,
• rationalize
,
• reduce
,
• reform
,
• regretful
,
• relieve
,
• remorseful
,
• reproach
,
• retract
,
• say one is sorry
,
• scarce
,
• short
,
• shortcoming
,
• slander
,
• slur
,
• smooth over
,
• soften
,
• sorrowful
,
• sorry
,
• square
,
• squirm out of
,
• take back
,
• think better of
,
• varnish
,
• vindication
,
• vouch
,
• warrant
,
• withdraw
,
• worm out of
.
• atone
• counter-balance
,
• counter-balances
,
• do penance
,
• doing penance
,
• expiates
,
• made amends
,
• made for
,
• made up for
,
• make amends
,
• make for
,
• make redress
,
• make reparation
,
• make up for
,
• makes amends
,
• making amends
,
• making for
,
• offsetting
,
• out weigh
,
• paid one's dues
,
• pay dues
,
• pay one's dues
,
• redeemed
,
• set off
,
• setting off
,
• take medicine
,
• take one's medicine
.
• regret
• Regretted
,
• be disturbed
,
• be sorry for
,
• being sorry for
,
• cry over
,
• cry over spilled milk
,
• feel uneasy
,
• feels remorse
,
• felt remorse
,
• have compunctions
,
• have qualms
,
• is sorry for
,
• kick oneself
,
• look back
,
• looking back
,
• repine
,
• weep over
,
• wept over
.
• Other relevant words (noun):
• excuse
.
• Other relevant words (transitive noun):
• clear
,
• defend
,
• forgive
,
• mitigate
,
• pardon
,
• plead
,
• vindicate
.

What are the paraphrases for Apologize?

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    apologizes.
  • Interjection
    apologise.
  • Verb, past tense
    apologise, apologised.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    apologise.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    apologises.
  • Verb, base form
    apologise.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    pardons, justifications, pretexts, rationales.
  • Verb, past tense
    lied.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    disculpo.
  • Verb, base form
    absolve, atone, condone, pardon.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    Apologies, excuses.
  • Interjection
    excuses.
  • Verb, base form
    forgive.

What are the hypernyms for Apologize?

• Other hypernyms:

  atone, excuse, lament, recant, regret, make amends, apologize for, humble oneself, express regret, be contrite, make excuses.