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 special teams contributor showed up to the game in some Green Goblin Halloween looking outfit, complete with neon green mask and a purple-ish cape. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 A couple of problems that have been prevalent early in the season for the Broncos showed up again Saturday night. — Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026 Dart’s chemistry with Likely showed up most often in Week 1 on money downs and was a huge reason for the Giants’ 9-of-11 third down efficiency, which was actually 9-for-10 before an end-of-game kneel down. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 Unfortunately, nobody saved those rewrites in the system and the goat showed up on set, costing the production around $800. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 So when conversational/generative AI first showed up, leaders hoped standard large language models (LLMs) would immediately reduce these timelines. — Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 There were adults, young adults and kids who showed up and knew all of the words to our songs. — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 When the attention waned, Freedom showed up to one of Sophie Cunningham’s games, hoping to mooch off the fame of America’s new athlete face of trans resistance, wearing a shirt insisting that a woman is defined by biology alone. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Those depressed valuations, interestingly, have not shown up in the exchange rate. — Ian King, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shown up

Verb

The 16-year-old girl who was steering the bicycle — which appeared to be a Citi Bike in footage shared by ABC7 Eyewitness News — sustained injuries to her leg and was hospitalized, per the NYPD.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Until the Houthis’ intervention, the oil situation had appeared just about manageable, thanks to Red Sea exports and the US shepherding vessels through Hormuz; oil shipments there are now at roughly a third of pre-war levels.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of appeared

Verb

Melton fled the scene before deputies arrived and was found a short time later at Pamela Way and Jeanette Cove in Alexander, the report says.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Those who arrived in the 1900s had very different cultural, political, and religious backgrounds from the older Texas Jews.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of arrived

Verb

That’s why Araujo’s perch on the club level behind home plate is exposed to the crowd rather than enclosed, like the booths to his right used by the radio and TV broadcasters.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Italy is among the European countries most exposed to migrant arrivals because of its central Mediterranean location, making migration a hot-button issue and a major challenge for successive governments.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

Photos from the scene showed the outer wall of the police offices had collapsed and the mosque was badly damaged.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
McQuillan showed that gratitude right off the bat with three kills, an ace and a block to set the tone for McAuley in a 25-18, 25-19 win over Loyola.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of shown

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In the basement, investigators also uncovered a pail filled with bloody cloths, which could have been a key piece of evidence in the case.

— Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
The excavation uncovered altar foundations and a step, lending new weight to a local legend that the ruins were once a church.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncovered

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While the total economic fallout of an extreme El Nino is hard to calculate, losses from past events have reached trillions of dollars, according to HSBC's Global Investment Research, which warns the numbers could be even bigger this time.

— EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
In a study of more than 200 projects, the Charles Pankow Foundation and the Design-Build Institute of America found design-build reached the finish roughly twice as fast as the traditional bid approach.

— Kevin Henneman, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026