SHOWED UP Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

showed up

verb

past tense of show up

as in appeared

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

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as in arrived

to get to a destination the band showed up an hour late

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as in exposed

to reveal the true nature of were shown up for what they really are

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Recent Examples of showed up 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 When Ryan Reynolds showed up at Comic Con on Saturday during the Marvel Studios presentation, audiences were surprised. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 July 2026 Popular cosplayer Fabiola Morales, known as Fabibi World Cosplay, showed up to the event dressed as WWE Superstar Stephanie Vaquer. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 Harry also showed up in his best attire in a Giorgio Armani tuxedo. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 They were walked, played with and cared for long before the yard showed up. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for showed up

Verb

Despite the death of his biggest star and his own close call, Knight appeared to believe nothing would change in the business after Tupac’s murder.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Aerial footage showed a large law enforcement presence on Sunset Boulevard, which appeared to be closed off to traffic.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of appeared

Verb

The actor arrived in a regal sky blue high-neck top with a long cascading train and clashing red lining — custom designed by Prabal Gurung — offset with a casual pair of low slung, non-maternity jeans by La Ligne that skimmed just under her bump.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Knizner arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday morning following a six-hour flight across the country with his wife and 10-month-old baby.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrived

Verb

Recent attacks have also exposed how Russia’s air defense systems were not designed to combat drones, but rather to shoot down conventional military aircraft and missiles, analysts previously told CNN.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
German scientists identified bacteria present in cow digestion and poop that seem to help children exposed to them avoid developing asthma.

— Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

Video captured in June showed Russian soldiers scrambling to respond to one attack by firing off man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) on a busy highway.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Video captured by a tourist on board a boat in northern Botswana showed the heart-pounding moment the vessel had to outrun a charging hippo.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of showed

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Colorado’s athletics program uncovered financial discrepancies during an internal audit of its 2025 records, and alerted police soon after.

— Matt Moret, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Around the same time, researchers uncovered evidence of a Chinese-speaking threat actor using DeepSeek through the open-source Hermes Agent framework to conduct highly autonomous cyberattacks.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncovered

Verb

As the child of documentary filmmakers, my youth unfolded inside UN compounds across several African countries.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Police released Friday new surveillance video of the mass shooting at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, showing the clearest account yet of the horrific scene that unfolded last weekend.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfolded

Verb

However, the brother’s phone turned up nothing during an April search warrant.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Though the ammunition analysis was eventually called into question, in 2010 the Boulder County district attorney said investigators had turned up new evidence, and an arrest warrant for Smika was issued, the Boulder Daily Camera reported.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026