SHOWS UP Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

shows up

verb

present tense third-person singular of show up

as in appears

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 arrives

to get to a destination the band showed up an hour late

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as in exposes

to reveal the true nature of were shown up for what they really are

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Recent Examples of shows up The kind of performer who shows up and instantly makes things better, or brighter, or somehow richer. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2026 There’s a reason this bottle shows up at so many salon shampoo bowls. — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026 Due to the Bears’ ability to control the ball on offense, the Bears defense shows up strong in metrics, but most interestingly, no quarterback has attempted more than 37 passes against them, and that was Week 1. — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Every bet made with investment money takes from her future, and that cost never shows up on the app. — Jamie Franco, Global MacRo and Cross-Asset Strategist, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 By the time his daughter shows up, flanked by her mom and upright dentist stepdad, Lee’s moved on from scolding the room to thanking his mother for believing him. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 Protein has quickly become the dietary preference college students care about most, and the demand is reshaping what shows up on dining hall trays and dorm shelves. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026 The study also omits key context her research has found which shows that approval for political violence shows up on both sides of the spectrum for people with the strongest partisan identities. — Lisa Hagen, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Peter goes to class and shows up for the people who love him. — Nicole Dubois, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shows up

Verb

Voter turnout in this year’s election appears to be the best in a midterm in Miami-Dade in over 20 years.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Raven says the image appears roughly equivalent to a 16-inch screen that’s held at arm’s length, with more than 1,500 nits of brightness.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of appears

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Production faces growing demand The Navy program arrives as the US military expands PAC-3 MSE production.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
After a bloody skirmish with the orcs and wild men, an imposing figure arrives on horseback, grabbing one of the warriors and hurling him at Galadriel’s approaching horse.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of arrives

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As a most un-saintlike Mother Teresa, Dueñas gives voice to a seething, inconsolable fury, an assertion of pure, ferocious will, that exposes the preciousness of Ambrossi and Calvo’s poetic and structural conceits.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
The Caller’s loss of donors exposes how much of a gamble this has been.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of exposes

Verb

In a separate incident Sunday, Basabe flagged down police to report that a parking garage employee grabbed and threw his phone to the ground, the report shows.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Trump spent time listing numerous other renovation projects around the capital, arguing that the construction work shows how his presidency is delivering for the American people.

— Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of shows

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The novels follow Cammie Skoura, a brilliant, neurodivergent young scientist aboard a deep-space expedition that uncovers a trail of ancient ruins and long-dead alien civilizations leading toward a mind-shattering discovery.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
But then a series of murders occur, eerily similar to those of the Ferryman, and a reporter uncovers her identity and wants an interview.

— Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026