Materialize — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Materialize (verb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. to come into existence

   "the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize"

   similar: actualize, appear, arise, begin, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, originate, set in, spring, start
   related: be, breathe, exist, live, subsist, arrive, come on, emerge, coalesce, cohere, shape (up), continue, endure, last, persist, survive
   opposite: cease, end, stop
   near: conclude, desist, discontinue, finish, halt, quit, terminate, disappear, dissolve, evaporate, vanish, depart, die, expire, pass away, perish

2. to come into view

   "the train station materialized through the fog"

   similar: appear, come out, show, show up, turn up, unfold
   related: reappear, resurface, bulk, loom, arrive, come, dawn, debut, arise, blossom, bob (up), break, break out, crop (up), emerge, erupt, issue, outcrop, rise, shoot (up), spring (up), surface, happen, occur, rematerialize
   opposite: clear, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, go (away), melt (away), vanish
   near: depart, leave, retire, withdraw

3. to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

   "an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized"

   similar: arise, come up, crop (up), emerge, spring (up), surface
   related: appear, come out, show up, turn up, chance, come, come about, fall out, go (on), go off, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire, interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude

4. to represent in visible form

   "a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief"

   similar: body, embody, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, manifest, personalize, personify, substantiate
   related: actualize, concretize, realize, exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typify