Synonyms of seems

seems

verb

present tense third-person singular of seem

as in looks

to give the impression of being

I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• looks
• feels
• sounds
• appears
• makes
• acts
• comes off (as)
• suggests
• pretends
• comes across (as)
• resembles
• implies
• recalls
• hints
• dissembles
• insinuates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seems

But snakes gonna slither, so Vance (who, to be fair, was never that into this war) is using the moment to subtly blame Hegseth, and the blow seems to have landed, with his party, and with his boss. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Enninful seems to have gone out of his way to choose bad works. — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Suddenly, another velvet bow seems entirely reasonable, the mantel could use a little more greenery, and an elaborate miniature Christmas village feels less like an extravagance and more like a necessity. — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026

Drama aside, celebrity beauty brands can be great—Rhode, Rare Beauty, and Fenty Beauty are huge successes that count many Allure staffers as fans, and Mes°’s mission seems promising. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 6 Nov. 2026

Stallone returned to his typewriter (or, presumably by this time, laptop) in 2006 to revisit Rocky Balboa for the sequel of the same name, and the project seems to have reignited something in the writer’s artistic soul. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026

But the main effect of the war so far seems to be raising the price of oil. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026

The title of the film, God Will Not Help, seems deliberately provocative. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

In the final minutes, this track, too, seems to collapse, though without any of the violence that has accompanied other Drukqs meltdowns. — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026