Thesaurus:come into being

Thesaurus

come into being

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Sense: to start to exist

Synonyms

• appear    [⇒ thesaurus] (figuratively)
• arise
• be born
• come into being (idiomatic)
• emerge (figuratively)
• form    [⇒ thesaurus]
• get up
• inform    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
• materialize
• originate
• pop up (idiomatic)
• spring    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spring to life (idiomatic)
• spring up
• surface
• take form
• take shape (often figuratively)
• upspring

Antonyms

• cease
• dematerialize
• unexist    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vanish

Hyponyms

• actualize
• concretize
• effigiate
• embody
• incarnate
• objectify
• personify
• realize
• reify
• thingify

Hypernyms

• exist    [⇒ thesaurus]

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.