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materialize
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of MATERIALIZE
1
to come into existence <the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize>
Synonyms actualize, appear, arise, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, materialize, originate, set in, spring, start
Related Words be, breathe, exist, live, subsist; arrive, come on, emerge; coalesce, cohere, shape (up); continue, endure, last, persist, survive
2
to come into view <the train station materialized through the fog>
3
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly <an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized>
4
to represent in visible form <a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief>
Synonyms body, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiate
Related Words actualize, concretize, realize; exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typify
Antonyms disembody
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