Synonyms of appearances

appearances

noun

plural of appearance

1

as in looks

the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality

the dignified appearance of this church leader

the country club's manicured lawns and well-groomed appearance in general

Synonyms & Similar Words

• looks
• presences
• figures
• attitudes
• manners
• demeanors
• aspects
• dresses
• regards
• persons
• behaviors
• garbs
• postures
• shapes
• outsides
• features
• miens
• airs
• stances
• bearings
• poses
• molds
• colors
• deportments
• carriages
• habits
• faces
• comportments
• casts
• colorings
• poises
• complexions
• countenances
• physiognomies
• habitus
• turns
• visages
• superficies

2

as in faces

outward and often deceptive indication

can't you at least give the appearance of listening to what I say?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faces
• effects
• impressions
• names
• shows
• guises
• seemings
• semblances
• outwards
• resemblances
• likenesses
• pretenses
• representations
• displays
• implications
• images
• airs
• demonstrations
• imitations
• insinuations
• surfaces
• suggestions
• fictions
• simulations
• masks
• shapes
• hints
• facades
• affectations
• disguises
• cloaks
• poses
• fronts
• exteriors
• glosses
• masquerades
• impostures
• shells
• veneers
• make-believe
• Potemkin villages
• patinas

3

as in arrivals

the act of coming upon a scene

his appearance at the party caused considerable speculation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrivals
• advents
• comings
• starts
• beginnings
• incomings
• approaches
• entrances
• debuts
• onsets
• commencements
• births
• inceptions
• geneses
• ingresses
• mornings
• dawns

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• departures
• goings
• disappearances
• exits
• partings
• farewells
• withdrawals
• retirements
• evaporations
• passings
• dissipations
• dissolutions
• retreats
• leave-takings
• decampments
• evacuations
• emigrations
• exoduses
• fadeaways
• egresses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of appearances

Santos has 11 goals in 18 appearances in his first season in the league. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Both Presley and the Beatles made nationwide television appearances that cemented their place in pop culture on The Ed Sullivan Show (although Sullivan wasn’t actually hosting the night of Presley’s first appearance). — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Katseye is currently booked to make their Tonight Show debut on August 12, following multiple summer appearances, including the 88rising Head in the Clouds Festival in Los Angeles on August 8. — Malik Davis, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

The comeback ups Mars’s count to three simultaneous appearances on the main albums ranking. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The Upper West Side Claremont’s Pizza is Owen’s place of work and makes several appearances throughout the film, both when Owen is at work and off duty. — Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026

Performance has been positioned as central to the group’s identity, following stage appearances at events including Coca-Cola Fest and a 10-hour Y Concert marathon. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

See the members of Earth, Wind & Fire from their early years touring together to more recent onstage appearances and solo endeavors. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Saturday’s game will be particularly meaningful for striker German Berterame, who left Monterrey in January to join Inter Miami after scoring 50 goals in 114 appearances with the Liga MX team. — Michelle Kaufman august 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026