Synonyms of seemed

seemed

verb

past tense of seem

as in looked

to give the impression of being

I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seemed

But this seemed an acceptable trade-off for a childhood in which kids quickly learned to act independently. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Unite Here had regularly endorsed Bass throughout her 22-year political career and seemed likely to join the dozens of other unions backing the mayor. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Sah said there seemed to be three or four more people still stuck in the tunnel, and possibly even more, as the tunnel is long and some may have been swept deeper inside. — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Everything seemed to be going well for Daejon Love last winter. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

But the league itself seemed far away, and not just geographically. — Eden Laase, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Some purists, who seemed content to classify what was essentially rock music from men as country but not Morris’s interpretation of the genre, were perturbed. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026

McKinley initially seemed to pull through, and for several days reports of recovery were encouraging. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Yet Parton never seemed to sever her connection to the places that shaped her. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026