Synonyms of appearing

appearing

verb

present participle of appear

1

as in showing

to come into view

a police car appeared just as I ran a red light

Synonyms & Similar Words

• showing
• unfolding
• coming
• arriving
• reappearing
• looming
• rising
• materializing
• coming out
• happening
• emerging
• showing up
• turning up
• surfacing
• occurring
• erupting
• arising
• issuing
• resurfacing
• blossoming
• debuting
• dawning
• bulking
• breaking
• breaking out
• shooting (up)
• outcropping
• springing (up)
• cropping (up)
• bobbing (up)
• rematerializing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappearing
• going (away)
• vanishing
• evaporating
• fading
• dissolving
• clearing
• melting (away)
• leaving
• retiring
• withdrawing
• departing
• evanescing

2

as in seeming

to give the impression of being

it appears that he doesn't hear you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeming
• looking
• sounding
• feeling
• acting
• making
• resembling
• pretending
• coming off (as)
• coming across (as)
• suggesting
• implying
• recalling
• hinting
• dissembling
• insinuating

3

as in starting

to come into existence

the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starting
• beginning
• originating
• being
• arising
• commencing
• forming
• emerging
• arriving
• springing
• materializing
• existing
• living
• breaking
• dawning
• actualizing
• setting in
• engendering
• continuing
• lasting
• breathing
• surviving
• subsisting
• persisting
• coming on
• shaping (up)
• coalescing
• enduring
• cohering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ending
• stopping
• ceasing
• finishing
• concluding
• terminating
• disappearing
• halting
• discontinuing
• vanishing
• quitting
• evaporating
• dissolving
• dying
• departing
• desisting
• expiring
• perishing
• passing away

4

as in arriving

to get to a destination

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arriving
• coming
• landing
• getting in
• getting through
• showing up
• turning up
• reaching
• hitting
• fetching
• making
• disembarking
• pulling in
• bursting (in or into)
• blowing in
• touching down
• checking in
• debarking
• barging (in)
• waltzing (in)
• breezing (in)
• clocking (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leaving
• going
• checking out
• fleeing
• clocking (out)
• vamoosing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of appearing

Videos show Kolb appearing to push Melito into a corner and attempting to cover his mouth. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

And the surreal touches, appearing sporadically, are an odd fit with the pedestrian voiceover. — Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2026

The feather earrings draw from Our Lady of Doves (1988), while one dress repeats a drawing of two boxers that is another recurring motif of Drexler’s appearing in color, Going Down, and black and white, On the Nose (both 1991). — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

In a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Krishnamoorthi cited an NBC News investigation that identified 43 videos appearing to show individuals asleep in the driver’s seat of moving Teslas, including 17 posted this year alone. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026

The increase in Treasury yields triggered a sell-off of Asian and Australian bonds, appearing to confirm that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to steady the government debt market had backfired. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

In the years after the attacks, the patients began appearing. — Raja Flores, STAT, 11 Sep. 2026

As a student approached the doors, several feet of floodwater could be seen building up on the other side, appearing on the verge of breaking through. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Throughout the 1990s, Dundee remained a fixture in Memphis wrestling while also appearing on national television for World Championship Wrestling. — Jasmine Mendez follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026