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

Several ambitious transportation systems The Boring Company previously promoted have not materialized. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

But an independent review of the Russian-language document, along with subsequent public reporting, shows that a number of initiatives described in the roadmap later advanced or materialized. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

In retrospect, Bonilla, 31, finds great irony in how that initial foray into professional acting fictionally materialized her Mexican immigrant parents’ worst nightmare. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

At that point, the reporter said, Hudson materialized, saw them, and turned on her heels and left. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Real exponential productivity materialized only when mill owners rewired the physical assembly line. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Promises of money, DOGE returns, tariff dividends and lower food prices haven’t materialized and won’t. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

But while Trump at one point said the checks would go out in mid-2026, the payments never materialized. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Turbine cancellations haven't materialized, and order growth has actually accelerated in some states considering data center moratoriums, reinforcing our confidence in the long-term power demand story. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026