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

West Point implemented a rule in early 2025 that sought to bar civilian and military professors from publishing papers, speaking at conferences or appearing on podcasts without seeking approval from superiors. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Custom firmware packages The development scene around the FM-1 is exploding, and new options are appearing all the time. — ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

Just last week, Peters pleaded not guilty to raping an underage girl after she was given alcohol while appearing on his livestream in 2025. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

When the same problem keeps appearing with different employees, the issue might not be individual performance at all. — Raquel Gomes, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Why black holes resist splitting One major obstacle is entropy, a measure of how many microscopic arrangements a system can have while appearing the same from the outside. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

There’s Barack Obama on his first campaign swing of this election cycle, appearing with Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed last night. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

After starring alongside Zellweger and Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire at age six, Lipnicki kept working as a child actor, appearing in movies like Stuart Little (1999), Like Mike (2002), and The Little Vampire (2000). — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2026

Among Torrey’s art collection, photographer Wolfgang Tillmans is a favorite, appearing both in his home and at his offices. — Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2026