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

The meetings mostly focused on a public health fund that never materialized. — Ellie Austin, Fortune, 22 July 2026

For Voth, leaving the Rangers after just one Triple-A outing suggests an opportunity elsewhere materialized quickly. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

But nearly six months later, those plans have not fully materialized. — Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 16 July 2026

Starting with Part 1, The Athletic held itself accountable, assessing each of the 25 steps in the blueprint, comparing it with what actually materialized for Roseman and the Eagles. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Other promised features, like the ability to log TV shows, still haven’t materialized. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

In 2022, a developer applied to build a car auction facility with a parking lot for more than 1,000 spaces, but those plans never materialized. — Emily Holshouser july 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

Kunst said given the Vatican’s usual summer slowing of operations and eventual closure for the month of August, the earliest the verdict would appear is September given that nothing materialized by the end of last month. — Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026

In January, Reuters said China allowed ByteDance, Alibaba , and Tencent to buy Nvidia H200 chips, but nothing ever materialized. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 July 2026