Definition

Adjective 1. Successfully completed or achieved: Describes something that was a goal, ambition, or plan and has now been successfully finished or made real. 2. Made real or concrete: Describes an abstract idea, dream, or potential that has been converted into a tangible fact or reality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The joy of a realized ambition overcame him. (The happiness from an ambition that was successfully achieved overwhelmed him.)
  • After years of saving, their dream of a beach house was finally realized. (Their abstract dream became a concrete reality.)
  • The project's realized benefits exceeded all expectations. (The actual, achieved benefits of the project were greater than expected.)

Advanced Usage

• "fully realized": Emphasizes that something has been developed or achieved to its complete potential.
  • The character in the novel is not fully realized until the final chapter.
• "realized gain/loss" (Finance): Refers to a profit or loss that has been made concrete by selling an asset, as opposed to a theoretical ("unrealized") change in value.
  • He reported a realized capital gain on his tax return after selling the stock.

Variants and Related Words

• Realize (verb): To become fully aware of something; to cause something to happen or become real.
  • I didn't realize how late it was. (To become aware)
  • She worked hard to realize her vision. (To make real)
• Realization (noun): The act of realizing or the state of being realized.
  • The realization of his mistake came too late.
  • The festival was the realization of a community effort.

Synonyms

• Accomplished: Successfully completed.
• Completed: Brought to an end; finished.
• Achieved: Attained through effort.
• Fulfilled: Satisfied or carried out, as a promise or ambition.
• Actualized: Made actual or real.

Antonyms

• Unrealized: Not achieved or made real.
• Failed: Not successful.
• Potential: Existing in possibility, not yet actual.
• Theoretical: Based on theory, not yet practical or real.

Adjective

1. successfully completed or brought to an end
   • his mission accomplished he took a vacation
   • the completed project
   • the joy of a realized ambition overcame him