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 The gap has shown up in earnings as well. —

Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 June 2026 The talent actually showed up — not to pose for one photo and disappear, but to be fully present in the promotional moment and bring their individual audiences along with them. —

Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The more rival products showed up in the market, the greater the need for a new perspective. —

Ezgi Eyüboğlu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026 Pratt spent most of his two hours at the Hyde Park block party talking and posing for photos with the hundred or so people who showed up. —

Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026 David Arquette showed up and made everyone watch his directorial debut, The Tripper, a violent slasher movie. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 May 2026 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

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As the President appeared in front of his hometown crowd, he was met with a sea of boos from thousands of basketball fans.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 June 2026
Kim appeared to test that potential tolerance in the lead-up to Xi’s arrival, inspecting a missile manufacturer over the weekend and a new plant that manufactures weapons-grade nuclear material days earlier.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 9 June 2026