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materializes

verb , present tense third-person singular of materialize

Synonyms and Antonyms of materializes

1 to come into existence

the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize

Synonyms of materializes

actualizes, appears, arises, begins, breaks, commences, dawns, engenders, forms, originates, sets in, springs, starts

Words Related to materializes

breathes, exists, is, lives, subsists

arrives, comes on, emerges

coalesces, coheres, shapes (up)

continues, endures, lasts, persists, survives

Near Antonyms of materializes

concludes, desists, discontinues, finishes, halts, quits, terminates

disappears, dissolves, evaporates, vanishes

departs, dies, expires, passes away, perishes

Antonyms of materializes

ceases, ends, stops

2 to come into view

the train station materialized through the fog

Synonyms of materializes

appears, comes out, shows, shows up, turns up, unfolds

Words Related to materializes

reappears, resurfaces

bulks, looms

arrives, comes

dawns, debuts

arises, blossoms, bobs (up), breaks, breaks out, crops (up), emerges, erupts, issues, outcrops, rises, shoots (up), springs (up), surfaces

happens, occurs

reappears, rematerializes

Near Antonyms of materializes

departs, leaves, retires, withdraws

Antonyms of materializes

clears, disappears, dissolves, evanesces, evaporates, fades, goes (away), melts (away), vanishes

3 to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized

Synonyms of materializes

arises, comes up, crops (up), emerges, springs (up), surfaces

Words Related to materializes

appears, comes out, shows up, turns up

chances, comes, comes about, falls out, goes off, goes (on), happens, haps, occurs, passes, transpires

interferes, interposes, intervenes, intrudes

4 to represent in visible form

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

Synonyms of materializes

bodies, embodies, epitomizes, expresses, externalizes, incarnates, incorporates, instantiates, manifests, personalizes, personifies, substantiates

Words Related to materializes

actualizes, concretizes, realizes

exemplifies, illustrates, images, objectifies, symbolizes, typifies

Antonyms of materializes

disembodies

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