Synonyms of appeared

appeared

verb

past tense of appear

1

as in showed

to come into view

a police car appeared just as I ran a red light

Synonyms & Similar Words

• showed
• unfolded
• came
• arrived
• reappeared
• loomed
• materialized
• rose
• came out
• emerged
• happened
• turned up
• showed up
• surfaced
• erupted
• occurred
• resurfaced
• arose
• issued
• debuted
• dawned
• blossomed
• broke out
• shot (up)
• bulked
• broke
• sprang (up)
• bobbed (up)
• cropped (up)
• outcropped
• rematerialized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappeared
• went (away)
• vanished
• faded
• evaporated
• dissolved
• cleared
• left
• melted (away)
• withdrew
• retired
• departed
• evanesced

2

as in seemed

to give the impression of being

it appears that he doesn't hear you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seemed
• looked
• felt
• sounded
• acted
• made
• came across (as)
• came off (as)
• pretended
• resembled
• suggested
• recalled
• implied
• hinted
• dissembled
• insinuated

3

as in began

to come into existence

the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• began
• started
• originated
• arose
• commenced
• was
• emerged
• formed
• arrived
• sprang
• materialized
• set in
• dawned
• existed
• engendered
• lived
• actualized
• broke
• continued
• breathed
• lasted
• subsisted
• survived
• persisted
• came on
• coalesced
• endured
• shaped (up)
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stopped
• ended
• ceased
• concluded
• finished
• disappeared
• terminated
• halted
• discontinued
• vanished
• died
• quit
• dissolved
• evaporated
• departed
• desisted
• expired
• perished
• passed away

4

as in arrived

to get to a destination

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrived
• came
• landed
• turned up
• got in
• showed up
• got through
• reached
• hit
• fetched
• made
• disembarked
• pulled in
• burst (in or into)
• touched down
• debarked
• checked in
• waltzed (in)
• blew in
• breezed (in)
• barged (in)
• clocked (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• left
• went
• checked out
• fled
• clocked (out)
• vamoosed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of appeared

Ahmad Abdul Karim, one of the survivors, said the fire appeared to have started from a truck on the lower vehicle deck. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Three of the band’s six hits have also appeared on the Billboard Global 200. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Hip-hop was just getting going then, and fronting appeared to be its principal subject matter and style. — Lucy Sante, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Dorian Bailey appeared to level the match in the 23rd minute, but her goal was waved off after review when she was ruled to be offsides. — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

Some people appeared to take shelter in the gift shop of the Space Needle at the Seattle Center, video shared with CNN showed. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Deadpool, clad in his gray X-Force costume, appeared in the crowd — but never removed his mask to show who was underneath. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2026

Just three weeks after taking a no-hitter into the ninth in San Francisco, Cease appeared destined for another shot. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 26 July 2026

When the president spoke about records showing people who appeared to be 150 or 160 years old, those records did exist. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2026