Synonyms of appear

appear

verb

ə-ˈpir 

1

as in to show

to come into view

a police car appeared just as I ran a red light

Synonyms & Similar Words

• show
• unfold
• come
• arrive
• reappear
• materialize
• loom
• rise
• come out
• show up
• happen
• turn up
• emerge
• occur
• erupt
• arise
• surface
• resurface
• bulk
• blossom
• break out
• issue
• shoot (up)
• dawn
• crop (up)
• break
• bob (up)
• debut
• spring (up)
• rematerialize
• outcrop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappear
• vanish
• fade
• dissolve
• evaporate
• go (away)
• clear
• melt (away)
• leave
• withdraw
• depart
• retire
• evanesce

2

as in to seem

to give the impression of being

it appears that he doesn't hear you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seem
• look
• feel
• sound
• act
• make
• come across (as)
• resemble
• come off (as)
• pretend
• suggest
• imply
• recall
• dissemble
• hint
• insinuate

3

as in to begin

to come into existence

the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begin
• start
• originate
• arise
• be
• commence
• emerge
• form
• arrive
• exist
• materialize
• set in
• spring
• live
• break
• actualize
• continue
• last
• engender
• dawn
• breathe
• persist
• survive
• subsist
• come on
• coalesce
• endure
• cohere
• shape (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stop
• cease
• end
• conclude
• disappear
• finish
• terminate
• quit
• discontinue
• vanish
• halt
• dissolve
• die
• depart
• desist
• expire
• evaporate
• perish
• pass away

4

as in to arrive

to get to a destination

a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrive
• come
• get in
• show up
• turn up
• get through
• land
• hit
• reach
• fetch
• make
• burst (in or into)
• disembark
• pull in
• touch down
• breeze (in)
• check in
• debark
• blow in
• clock (in)
• waltz (in)
• barge (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• go
• leave
• check out
• clock (out)
• flee
• vamoose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of appear

Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane appears to have broken his silence on a federal kidnapping case involving him and his label. —Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026

Blank Street’s target demographic appears to be Gen Z. —Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Warsh had been set to appear before the Senate Banking Committee on April 16. —Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026

Per Sullivan, now 34, appeared in all seven seasons of the original show, which ran from 2000 to 2006 on Fox. —Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026