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

Born in England, Bennett found her way into music after appearing on the British singing competition The X Factor. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026

Corbin, 22, and Parmida, 27, actually knew each other before appearing on Love Island USA. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 6 July 2026

Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss were close friends in the 2010s, appearing together frequently between late 2013 and late 2016. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 July 2026

Pfendler arrived in Honolulu after 43 days, 17 hours and 55 minutes, appearing to break the speed record set by any man or woman. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

In the final embers of the match, Haaland and Gabriel literally butted heads, the latter appearing to shove his brow into that of his opponent. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Communism has become a recurring talking point for Trump in recent days, with similar mentions appearing during his speech one day earlier at Mount Rushmore, as well as during public remarks made in late June. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

Jacobson has been a familiar face on television since the ’90s, appearing on everything from Law & Order to Will & Grace to ER. — Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 July 2026

In response to his comments, CNN published an online commentary criticizing Dershowitz's argument, and others appearing on the network also condemned his statements. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 June 2026