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 There was D’Agostino’s Villa Nova, a beloved white-tablecloth Italian place that was near the end of its life cycle when Joseph showed up. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026 Sunday, the Huskies showed up, holding Iowa’s top scorers McKenna Woliczko and Dani Carnegie, who had combined for 55 points in the Hawkeyes’ first two games, to a combined 16 Sunday. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 This past Thursday, Kylie Minogue showed up head-to-toe in Chanel for the presentation of the Chanel Cruise 2027 collection by creative director Matthieu Blazy in Sydney, Australia. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2026 The French Interior Ministry said 320,000 people protested across the country on Saturday, with 70,000 turning up in Paris; a significantly smaller number than the 550,000 who demonstrated on October 17 and the 410,000 who showed up last week. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026 On Wednesday night, the Dream’s role players showed up and showed out in their 97-71 win in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena. — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Ortiz said Byrd showed up late and unprepared for Ortiz Jara’s June 5 court date, which Byrd disputed. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Klock, Nate said, showed up for him, attending every one of his football games despite Klock never caring much for sports. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026 On Sunday when the Bears were playing the Packers, multiple fans showed up to the game wearing Ditka costumes. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shown up

Verb

Differences appeared only in the third or fourth significant figures, which the researchers attributed to numerical rounding.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Travis Kelce’s mom, Donna, also appeared to be sitting behind them, among other onlookers wearing Chiefs apparel.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of appeared

Verb

Sheriff’s officials said deputies arrived about three minutes after the initial call and found the suspect on the ground being physically restrained by the home’s resident and the caller.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Police said the shooter fled before officers arrived and that investigators did not believe there were additional shooters.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of arrived

Verb

Technical audits might focus on whether any product specifications, agreements, or software libraries were exposed during the relationship.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
The condition of the rebar, exposed after the buildings collapsed, has also raised concerns.

— Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

In approving the temporary stop, Chutkan said Virginia and the District of Columbia had shown the immediacy of the construction would cause real harm to the plaintiffs.

— MATTHEW DALY, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The Alpine Spa Pool offers generous family-friendly hours and children's movies are shown daily in the cinema.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of shown

Verb

Food trend experts are betting the coming year will bring it even closer to your stovetop.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
For the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come with menopause.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

Finding More Concerns and Staying Strong Those checks have already uncovered another concern.

— Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
In brain-mapping studies that recalled Wilder Penfield’s pioneering work, his team steadily uncovered fundamental principles of how speech is represented by neural activity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026