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

No trades materialized involving lottery picks (top 14) on draft night. — Bennett Durando, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

An offseason reunion made sense for the Giants even after the trade, but a deal with Rogers never materialized. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

Ubisoft stock has declined precipitously in the last five years, and there have been frequent talks of a sale or taking the company private, which have not materialized. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The museum also pulled out five years ago from a deal with the state to manage the Circle site, where the foundation holes are buried for protection and vague plans for exhibits never materialized. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

But the mass rebellion Brown predicted never materialized, leaving him and his comrades trapped inside the arsenal. — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 26 June 2026

The shift in style of dress and self-presentation of this Sartorial Revolution harnessed together new ideas of politics, industry, commerce, fashion, gender, class, and race, and materialized these new ideas most clearly in the modern suit. — Literary Hub, 25 June 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

News of a glow-in-the-dark Nike Air Foamposite Pro first materialized in November, with early reports of a Summit White/Black colorway enhanced with the glowing treatment. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 June 2026