Thesaurus:come into being

Thesaurus:come into being

THESAURUS

come into being

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Synonyms

• appear    [WS] (figuratively)

• arise

• come into being (idiomatic)

• emerge (figuratively)

• form    [WS]

• get up

• inform    [WS] (archaic)

• materialize

• originate

• pop up (idiomatic)

• spring    [WS]

• spring to life (idiomatic)

• spring up

• surface

• take form

• take shape (often figuratively)

• upspring

Antonyms

• cease

• dematerialize

• unexist    [WS]

• vanish

Hyponyms

• actualize

• concretize

• effigiate

• embody

• incarnate

• objectify

• personify

• realize

• reify

• thingify

Hypernyms

• exist    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:happen

Further reading

• “1. existence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “come into being” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.