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

For most of the past year, those fears have not materialized. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

That investment never materialized, but Nvidia contributed $30 billion to the record-breaking funding round that OpenAI closed earlier this year. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

The missing 16,000 billionaires (a theoretical estimate of the old-money fortunes that never materialized) are a very clear testament to that. — Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Leaders in Springfield say the growing ICE presence many fear hasn’t yet materialized. — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

There was some reported interest by the Wizards at some point, but nothing has materialized. — Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Bush supporters hoped that shifting opinions on Israel from Democratic voters would swing the race in her favor but national attention, that newcomers have garnered, never materialized in Missouri. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Acting on a risk assessment before that risk has materialized requires political willpower; just having better data, or even better analyses, doesn’t wholly solve that problem. — Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

And moving people into home- and community-based living was supposed to be accompanied by an increase in outpatient care and treatment that never materialized, creating gaps in support. — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 31 July 2026