Materialize
Materialize verb - To come into view.
Usage example: the train station materialized through the fog
Show is a synonym for materialize in see topic. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a verb "Materialize".
Show
Show verb - To come into view.
Usage example: another car showed just as we were thinking we'd have the whole place to ourselves
Materialize is a synonym for show in see topic. You can use "Materialize" instead a verb "Show", if it concerns topics such as appear, turn up, passively exhibit something.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Later in the crossover, Bart (as "Bartman") uses the same device to materialize Radioactive Man actor Dirk Richter out of the 1950s TV show to ask for his help, only for Richter to tell Bart that Radioactive Man is fictional and that he's a real person playing him.
Source: Recursive Canon -
The show Ni Hao, Kai-Lan was originally announced for Spring 2007, but didn't materialize until February 2008, though the characters from the show were featured for months in the now-defunct Nick Jr. Magazine.
Source: Saved from Development Hell - The 1996 Doctor Who TV movie credited Eric Roberts, who played its main antagonist, as a guest star - probably because it was intended as the pilot to a new TV series, but said show failed to materialize.
Source: Fake Guest Star
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Materialize & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/materialize/show>.
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