materialize

1 to come into existence the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize Synonyms of materialize actualize, appear, arise, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, begin, originate, set in, spring, startWords Related to materialize be, breathe, exist, live, subsist; arrive, come on, emerge; coalesce, cohere, shape (up); continue, endure, last, persist, surviveNear Antonyms of materialize conclude, desist, discontinue, finish, halt, quit, terminate; disappear, dissolve, evaporate, vanish; depart, die, expire, pass away, perishAntonyms of materialize cease, end, stop

2 to come into view the train station materialized through the fog Synonyms of materialize come out, appear, show, show up, turn up, unfoldWords Related to materialize 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; reappear, rematerializeNear Antonyms of materialize depart, leave, retire, withdrawAntonyms of materialize clear, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, go (away), melt (away), vanish

3 to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized Synonyms of materialize come up, crop (up), emerge, arise, spring (up), surfaceWords Related to materialize 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 Synonyms of materialize body, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, manifest, embody, personalize, personify, substantiateWords Related to materialize actualize, concretize, realize; exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typifyAntonyms of materialize disembody