Synonyms of showed up

showed up

verb

past tense of show up

1

as in appeared

to come into view

normally, one doesn't see them, but the actress's wrinkles show up in the close-ups

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeared
• showed
• unfolded
• came
• turned up
• arrived
• came out
• loomed
• rose
• reappeared
• materialized
• happened
• emerged
• broke out
• shot (up)
• occurred
• erupted
• surfaced
• bobbed (up)
• cropped (up)
• resurfaced
• arose
• sprang (up)
• issued
• blossomed
• dawned
• debuted
• broke
• outcropped
• bulked
• rematerialized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• went (away)
• disappeared
• faded
• vanished
• melted (away)
• dissolved
• evaporated
• cleared
• evanesced
• left
• retired
• withdrew
• departed

2

as in arrived

to get to a destination

the band showed up an hour late

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrived
• came
• appeared
• turned up
• got in
• got through
• landed
• reached
• hit
• pulled in
• burst (in or into)
• touched down
• fetched
• checked in
• made
• disembarked
• blew in
• breezed (in)
• waltzed (in)
• debarked
• barged (in)
• clocked (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• left
• went
• checked out
• clocked (out)
• fled
• vamoosed

3

as in exposed

to reveal the true nature of

were shown up for what they really are

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exposed
• uncovered
• debunked
• blew the whistle on
• disclosed
• undressed
• unmasked
• told
• demolished
• disproved
• nailed
• discredited
• unveiled
• divulged
• uncloaked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disguised
• masked
• concealed
• hid
• camouflaged
• secreted
• veiled
• cloaked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of showed up

According to Ayer, that exhaustion showed up in the movie, as Pitt couldn’t relax or rely on the typical comforts of a film set. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026

Lehrer arranged a meeting to sell him the files—then never showed up. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Not sure what happened there, but SeanJo definitely showed up for work. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

This tells you how incredible our crew and production staff were — three-fourths of them showed up to the karaoke bar in Hawaiian shirts in solidarity. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Luckily, Martinez's Expert Tree Service showed up for them on Monday. — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Don't Try To Scale Control The first place this showed up for me was in myself. — Jonathan Weeks, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The fest was able to run on Friday and Sunday at Village Green with some changes to the schedule and Dodge estimated 10,000 showed up for Sunday’s event. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Parker, who by this time had begun exhibiting erratic behavior because of his drug issues, never showed up at the club, ending Adams’ hopes of sharing the stage with one of his idols. — Dan Kelly july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026