materialize
verb
ma·te·ri·al·ize mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
materialized; materializing
transitive verb
1
a
: to make material : objectify
b
: to cause to appear in bodily form
materialize the spirits of the dead
2
: to cause to be materialistic
intransitive verb
1
: to assume bodily form
2
a
: to appear especially suddenly
b
: to come into existence
materializer noun
Synonyms
- actualize
- appear
- arise
- begin
- break
- commence
- dawn
- engender
- form
- originate
- set in
- spring
- start
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Example Sentences
A waiter suddenly materialized beside our table. Rain clouds materialized on the horizon.
Recent Examples on the Web Brendel has spent most of the six years since that draft weekend waiting for an opportunity that would not materialize. 
Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2022 And some money will go to projects that never materialize or fail altogether. Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 There are some duels that fans surely hope will materialize. oregonlive, 14 July 2022 Buying a business is a dream for many people, so stay focused and do not get sidetracked by fantasy scenarios that will never materialize. Richard Parker, Forbes, 10 July 2022 That may take some time to materialize—a separate report Wednesday showed U.S. job openings fell in April from a record in the prior month, though remained elevated at roughly double the number of unemployed Americans. Fortune, 2 June 2022 Full of puns and erotic innuendos, courtesan songs typically lament trysts that must take place in secret, meetings that don’t materialize, and the oppressiveness of polite society. Priyanka Mattoo, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Those trade partners that didn’t materialize for Ryan Poles on Friday night came from every direction Saturday. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022 To be sure, the benefits took a long time to materialize. Greg Ip, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022 See More
Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2022 And some money will go to projects that never materialize or fail altogether. Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 There are some duels that fans surely hope will materialize. oregonlive, 14 July 2022 Buying a business is a dream for many people, so stay focused and do not get sidetracked by fantasy scenarios that will never materialize. Richard Parker, Forbes, 10 July 2022 That may take some time to materialize—a separate report Wednesday showed U.S. job openings fell in April from a record in the prior month, though remained elevated at roughly double the number of unemployed Americans. Fortune, 2 June 2022 Full of puns and erotic innuendos, courtesan songs typically lament trysts that must take place in secret, meetings that don’t materialize, and the oppressiveness of polite society. Priyanka Mattoo, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Those trade partners that didn’t materialize for Ryan Poles on Friday night came from every direction Saturday. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022 To be sure, the benefits took a long time to materialize. Greg Ip, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1710, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Kids Definition
materialize
verb
ma·te·ri·al·ize mə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌlīz
materialized; materializing
1
: to appear suddenly
As soon as I arrived, my friends materialized.
2
: to become actual fact
Their hopes never materialized.
3
: to cause to take on a physical form
She claimed she could materialize the spirits of the dead.
materializing
verb
1
as in starting
to come into existence the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- starting
- originating
- beginning
- appearing
- arising
- being
- commencing
- forming
- actualizing
- emerging
- springing
- engendering
- arriving
- dawning
- existing
- living
- breaking
- setting in
- lasting
- breathing
- subsisting
- coalescing
- continuing
- persisting
- surviving
- cohering
- enduring
- coming on
- shaping (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stopping
- ending
- finishing
- ceasing
- concluding
- terminating
- disappearing
- halting
- vanishing
- evaporating
- dissolving
- quitting
- discontinuing
- desisting
- dying
- departing
- perishing
- expiring
- 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
- reappearing
- rising
- happening
- emerging
- surfacing
- reappearing
- coming out
- occurring
- showing up
- erupting
- turning up
- arising
- resurfacing
- issuing
- blossoming
- debuting
- dawning
- bulking
- outcropping
- breaking
- rematerializing
- breaking out
- shooting (up)
- cropping (up)
- bobbing (up)
- springing (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disappearing
- vanishing
- evaporating
- dissolving
- going (away)
- fading
- clearing
- leaving
- melting (away)
- withdrawing
- evanescing
- departing
- 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
- coming
- coming up
- transpiring
- chancing
- intervening
- interfering
- cropping (up)
- springing (up)
- coming out
- happing
- intruding
- showing up
- coming about
- passing
- interposing
- turning up
- falling out
- going off
- going (on)
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
- manifesting
- incorporating
- expressing
- symbolizing
- realizing
- externalizing
- personifying
- actualizing
- personalizing
- instantiating
- exemplifying
- incarnating
- illustrating
- bodying
- epitomizing
- substantiating
- concretizing
- objectifying
- typifying
- imaging
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disembodying