Synonyms of shown up

shown up

verb

variants or showed up

past participle 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
• shown
• arrived
• turned up
• come
• come out
• reappeared
• unfolded
• happened
• materialized
• emerged
• surfaced
• shot (up)
• sprung (up)
• erupted
• bobbed (up)
• loomed
• broken out
• occurred
• issued
• cropped (up)
• resurfaced
• arisen
• debuted
• risen
• blossomed
• dawned
• outcropped
• bulked
• broken
• rematerialized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gone (away)
• disappeared
• dissolved
• faded
• evaporated
• vanished
• cleared
• melted (away)
• evanesced
• left
• retired
• withdrawn
• departed

2

as in arrived

to get to a destination

the band showed up an hour late

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• left
• gone
• 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
• blown the whistle on
• told
• debunked
• unmasked
• undressed
• demolished
• nailed
• disproved
• unveiled
• disclosed
• divulged
• uncloaked
• discredited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shown up

Soon, survey crews showed up, bulldozers were spotted along dusty roads, and the Army Corps of Engineers arranged private meetings. —Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

Daviss spoke of discovering the show’s huge popularity when police was called in for crowd control on their first day of production for Season 2 when thousands of fans showed up. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 May 2026

Investigators say the 49-year-old showed up to her aunt's house in Bennington, Vermont on April 24 and admitted to killing her 6-year-old daughter Ella and 7-year-old son Kai. —Neal Riley, CBS News, 6 May 2026

What showed up when those compounds were represented with colors on a plume map and compared with dozens of control-point samples of nearby soil indicated the presence of a decaying body, according to Eckenrode. —Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

And, over the weekend, that community showed up in the simplest way possible — side by side in a gym, grinding through a workout, and remembering the ones who didn’t make it home. —Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026

What other explanation could there be for the more than 2 million people who showed up in 2025 to Chicago’s 95-year-old Shedd Aquarium? —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

Both American and Brazilian volleyball players — a nod to the fact that Vivian’s mom, Gisele Bündchen, is Brazilian — showed up with offers and compliments. —Ryan Brennan april 22, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

Someone showed up in the wrong style or color? —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 15 Apr. 2026