Synonyms of instantiate

instantiate

verb

in-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt 

as in to embody

to represent in visible form

his imposing mansion is intended to instantiate for visitors his staggering success as an entrepreneur

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embody
• express
• incorporate
• manifest
• illustrate
• body
• personalize
• symbolize
• externalize
• exemplify
• realize
• personify
• incarnate
• materialize
• substantiate
• actualize
• epitomize
• concretize
• objectify
• typify
• image

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of instantiate

In a sense, starting internally and drawing inspiration from the external world around her, her mother instantiated an understanding of beauty that captured the core of an individual. — Essence, 17 Dec. 2025

In other words, our intelligence is designed as an uncertainty-minimization function, and this is instantiated as a set of mental states (gears) controlled by the blue dot, LC network. — Marcus Weldon, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025

He feels burned by his efforts to instantiate popular sovereignty. — Shikha Dalmia, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2025

Harwicz’s novels are more hallucinatory than supernatural—but a more provocative distinction between her books and others in this semi-subgenre is that, for her characters, motherhood does not cause animal rage and instability so much as instantiate them. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025