materialize synonyms

materialize

v.

  1. To become matter

    be realized, form, take on form, take form, become real, actualize, reify, become embodied, be incarnate, coalesce, become concrete, metamorphose, reintegrate; see also form 4.

    Antonyms dissolve*, disintegrate*, disperse. *

  2. To develop

    unfold, emerge, evolve; see develop 3, grow 2.

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