Synonyms of materializing

materializing

verb

present participle of materialize

1

as in starting

to come into existence

the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starting
• beginning
• originating
• appearing
• arising
• being
• commencing
• forming
• emerging
• springing
• actualizing
• arriving
• existing
• engendering
• living
• breaking
• dawning
• setting in
• lasting
• breathing
• continuing
• surviving
• subsisting
• persisting
• coalescing
• coming on
• shaping (up)
• enduring
• cohering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ending
• stopping
• ceasing
• finishing
• concluding
• terminating
• halting
• disappearing
• vanishing
• evaporating
• dissolving
• discontinuing
• quitting
• dying
• desisting
• departing
• expiring
• perishing
• passing away

2

as in appearing

to come into view

the train station materialized through the fog

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appearing
• unfolding
• showing
• coming
• arriving
• looming
• rising
• reappearing
• happening
• emerging
• coming out
• showing up
• surfacing
• turning up
• occurring
• erupting
• arising
• resurfacing
• issuing
• blossoming
• dawning
• bulking
• outcropping
• debuting
• breaking
• shooting (up)
• breaking out
• springing (up)
• cropping (up)
• bobbing (up)
• rematerializing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappearing
• vanishing
• evaporating
• going (away)
• dissolving
• fading
• clearing
• melting (away)
• leaving
• withdrawing
• departing
• evanescing
• retiring

3

as in surfacing

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surfacing
• arising
• emerging
• appearing
• happening
• occurring
• springing (up)
• coming
• cropping (up)
• coming up
• going (on)
• transpiring
• intervening
• interfering
• coming out
• showing up
• chancing
• intruding
• turning up
• happing
• falling out
• passing
• going off
• interposing
• coming about

4

as in embodying

to represent in visible form

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embodying
• expressing
• incorporating
• manifesting
• symbolizing
• realizing
• externalizing
• personifying
• personalizing
• instantiating
• exemplifying
• illustrating
• incarnating
• actualizing
• bodying
• substantiating
• epitomizing
• concretizing
• objectifying
• typifying
• imaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disembodying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of materializing

The storms could bring some severe weather too, with an isolated tornado risk materializing Monday in the central United States. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026

The power that comes with a committee gavel depends on a blue wave materializing next Tuesday, when Democrats need to pick up at least four seats to retake the chamber from Republicans. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026

If Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is the business world’s Bugs Bunny, playing every position on the baseball field by himself, Elon Musk is its Forrest Gump, materializing at the center of events both strange and consequential. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

And, the website polled those folks in August, before Dolphins fans knew the pain of losing to the Vikings without allowing a touchdown or Chop Robinson materializing just in time for an untimely penalty. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

In its statement, the RBA said some of the upside risks flagged in its August meeting were now materializing. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Of flagging down the truck, crumpled bills clutched in my fist, and–voilà—a pristine Strawberry Shortcake bar materializing in my sticky little hands. — Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2026

Typical of indie filmmaking, there were years of false starts, with funding and casts periodically materializing and disappearing. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Several Forces Have Reshaped Our Skies Risks are materializing faster than ever. — Gaurav Kapoor, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026