Synonyms of materialized

materialized

verb

past tense of materialize

1

as in began

to come into existence

the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize

Synonyms & Similar Words

• began
• originated
• started
• appeared
• arose
• commenced
• was
• formed
• emerged
• engendered
• sprang
• actualized
• dawned
• arrived
• set in
• existed
• lived
• broke
• breathed
• lasted
• continued
• persisted
• coalesced
• subsisted
• survived
• shaped (up)
• came on
• cohered
• endured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stopped
• ended
• ceased
• concluded
• finished
• terminated
• halted
• disappeared
• discontinued
• vanished
• dissolved
• evaporated
• quit
• died
• desisted
• departed
• expired
• passed away
• perished

2

as in appeared

to come into view

the train station materialized through the fog

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeared
• unfolded
• showed
• came
• loomed
• arrived
• reappeared
• rose
• happened
• emerged
• came out
• surfaced
• showed up
• turned up
• resurfaced
• erupted
• occurred
• arose
• issued
• blossomed
• dawned
• debuted
• shot (up)
• broke out
• bulked
• rematerialized
• cropped (up)
• bobbed (up)
• sprang (up)
• broke
• outcropped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappeared
• vanished
• evaporated
• dissolved
• went (away)
• faded
• cleared
• melted (away)
• left
• withdrew
• evanesced
• departed
• retired

3

as in surfaced

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surfaced
• arose
• emerged
• appeared
• happened
• occurred
• came up
• cropped (up)
• sprang (up)
• came
• transpired
• went (on)
• came out
• intervened
• chanced
• came about
• showed up
• interfered
• turned up
• intruded
• passed
• fell out
• went off
• interposed
• happed

4

as in embodied

to represent in visible form

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embodied
• expressed
• incorporated
• manifested
• symbolized
• realized
• exemplified
• personified
• illustrated
• instantiated
• epitomized
• personalized
• incarnated
• actualized
• externalized
• substantiated
• bodied
• concretized
• typified
• objectified
• imaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disembodied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of materialized

Velvet stood at 35th and Davidson holding the canvas for about two hours before the Gold Lexus materialized. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026

And while several Asian countries imposed emergency measures to conserve fuel, a lengthy and catastrophic shortage never materialized. — Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

In the roughly six months since then, 18 service members have died, a memorandum of understanding has materialized and fallen apart, and the price of oil and gas has risen worldwide. — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Trump happily accepted the endorsement, which Cox made public at a press conference several days later—but Trump the Great Unifier never materialized. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

One of those beats came from a session Dilla and D’Angelo did about 20 years ago that never materialized into a proper project. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

That never materialized, as injuries limited him to nine games and mostly special teams work. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

What materialized out of that avoidance tactic was the best-selling 12-inch single in history. — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026

Its grand plans for the bases never fully materialized, especially after the Ukraine invasion and Assad's ouster. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026