SHOWN UP Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

shown up

verb

variants or showed up

past participle 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 shown up Luckily, Martinez's Expert Tree Service showed up for them on Monday. — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 The first order of Anheuser-Busch post-prohibition showed up at the Milwaukee Deli with the Clydesdales. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026 The case had drawn wide attention because Wells was the boyfriend of Shauna Redford, and her famous father showed up at the funeral. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 The pattern also showed up in the semaglutide trials, where hair loss was reported by roughly 3% of participants versus about 1% on placebo. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 College flag football coaches showed up to scout potential players. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 When Marshall showed up, Reyes and Chamberlain both fired guns at Marshall as Marshall tried to get away, according to the affidavit. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026 There was a serious struggle behind the scenes of emotions, and my family showed up for me. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026 Racicot said Platner showed up at her door while inebriated and had sex with her without her consent. — Philip Wang, Time, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shown up

Verb

On the Moroccan side, law enforcement, vastly experienced in controlling migration flows towards the border, appeared to be missing this time.

— Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Kerry learned this the hard way after allowing Jordan to question what appeared to be a local yokel over the mysterious shooting at a Rushville high school football game.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 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

The second half belonged entirely to Nashville, which exposed Miami’s disorganized defense.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
Ammonium salts break down quickly when exposed to humid air, forcing factories to build expensive production lines filled with inert gas.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

Reuters — The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country’s history.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Video from the scene showed a pile of shoes on the sidewalk near the water and sand.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of shown

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The report about the jet swap comes weeks after concerns about the safety of the new Qatar-gifted jet first emerged as the Ankara trip served as its international debut as the new Air Force One.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Bay Area-founded Starbird and its signature chicken — tenders, wings, nuggets, sandwiches, salads, wraps and more — will be available in the coming months at that corner of Mowry Avenue and Fremont Boulevard, the company has confirmed.

— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of come

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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

Just last year, the US reached a record high of such attacks, including its first fatality since 2022, according to a report published by the Anti-Defamation League.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
This death toll has been reached almost three times faster than in the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa — the worst in history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026