day of remembrance

1. 1.

   the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

   Synonymsanniversary

   Broaderday

   Narrowerbirthdayjubileewedding anniversarysemicentennialcentennialsesquicentennialbicentennialtercentennialquatercentennialquincentennial

Questions about day of remembrance

What does day of remembrance mean?

day of remembrance means "the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)".

What is another word for day of remembrance?

Close synonyms include anniversary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is day of remembrance a common word?

day of remembrance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.