Synonyms of surfaces

surfaces 1 of 2

noun

plural of surface

as in exteriors

an outer part or layer

the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exteriors
• fronts
• facades
• shells
• tops
• skins
• faces
• veneers
• outsides
• facings
• coverings
• appearances
• masks
• covers
• shows
• disguises
• guises
• semblances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interiors
• insides

surfaces

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of surface

1

as in emerges

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emerges
• arises
• occurs
• happens
• appears
• springs (up)
• crops (up)
• materializes
• comes up
• comes
• chances
• comes out
• comes about
• goes (on)
• interferes
• transpires
• turns up
• passes
• intervenes
• shows up
• goes off
• intrudes
• falls out
• haps
• interposes

2

as in rises

to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below

a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emerges
• rises
• breaks
• broaches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sinks
• drops
• founders
• dives
• plunges
• submerges
• drowns
• submerses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surfaces

Noun

Employees are using a chlorine solution with chemical cleaners to sanitize food contact surfaces while dish machine is inoperable. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Chalking, per university rules that dictate when, where and how students can protest, is not allowed on walls and vertical surfaces. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Measuring just a few nanometres, the molecule can attach to gold surfaces through sulfur atoms. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

The Atlas remains comfortable enough on smoother highways, but rough surfaces expose some of its limitations. — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026

Clear overnight skies with light winds and low humidity levels will allow rapid cooling, with hard road surfaces cooling fast. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Red’s plumage became slightly softer, while his eyes and beak gained firmer, more toy-like surfaces. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026

Verb

Manifest surfaces Machado’s team soon learned that information about one of the charter flights had circulated outside the group. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

The value appears when the team actually surfaces, tests and integrates what different people know. — Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Instead of a treasury analyst manually pulling payment data into a spreadsheet to spot trends, the tool surfaces patterns, opportunities and risks automatically, through dashboards and peer comparisons. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

Quantum Metric said its VoC solution automatically surfaces sentiment, issues and trends across feedback, then ties it to prior sessions. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

This is something that surfaces at a certain point in the film. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

When a location's performance shifts, the data surfaces it in time to act. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

What reads at a casual distance as serene maternal tenderness shifts, on closer inspection, into something more ambivalent—a shade of melancholy that surfaces only when the eye lingers on Mary’s face. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026