SURFACES Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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surfaces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of surface

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

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as in rises

to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier

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Recent Examples of surfaces

Noun

Accumulation of food debris observed on blue cutting board stored with other clean food contact surfaces in back of kitchen. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026 There is, of course, an automatic effect to hanging the tabletop pieces in place of the crucifix, their undulating surfaces almost reminiscent of a kind of spiritual abstraction. — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026 The Ohio State University In ordinary air, oxygen molecules settle onto the sensor surfaces and draw electrons away from the material, increasing its electrical resistance. — New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026 Finally, there’s a toggle called Desktop Control that aims to mitigate frequency boosting caused by sound waves reflecting off desktops or other surfaces near the speaker drivers. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026 The facility had several unclean surfaces including under the stand-up freezers, garbage can handles and a speed rack. — Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026 But attack surfaces keep evolving, and finding an entirely new class of bug still requires the nonlinear leap and ingenuity only a person can muster. — Rohit Dhamankar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 His team began working with the retailer in 2012 to develop a visual language for its logo, then extended the visual language across retail surfaces, interiors and architecture. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 Measuring just a few nanometres, the molecule can attach to gold surfaces through sulfur atoms. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfaces

Noun

Since completing her project, the building, whose exteriors were landmarked, has been redeveloped into residential units, with the only hint of its past the remaining rooftop sign.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Pemberley exteriors and grounds scenes were filmed at Lyme Park, an estate in the Peak District south of Manchester.

— Nicholas DeRenzo, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of exteriors

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They’re led by Laura Berens, a CEO and entrepreneur, who emerges as the finest leader of the experiment with her firm-but-fair methods.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Tantalizing opportunities may be found in copper-oxide ceramics known as cuprates, but achieving them requires first understanding how the superconducting phenomenon emerges at relatively warm temperatures.

— Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerges

Noun

Shamsan said fighting had intensified across the province as the Houthis deployed reinforcements to multiple fronts, with the city encircled on all four sides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
The attacks, which saw 1,195 people killed and 251 taken into Gaza as hostages, triggered a major security crisis that led to three years of war on multiple fronts.

— Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of fronts

Verb

Adult children often coordinate refills, arrange transportation, monitor deliveries, and contact the pharmacy when a question arises.

— L. Prather McKinnon, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
For example, when a Type 3 leader (Hurry Up/Be Perfect) manages a Type 5 specialist (Be Strong/Be Perfect), friction often arises not from conflicting goals but from contrasting work paces.

— Gia Tskhovrebadze, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of arises

Verb

Yet because the brain disease can be diagnosed only after death, conclusions from previous studies were marred by selection bias — a systematic error that occurs when those chosen for analysis do not properly represent the target population.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
For additional protection, consider an identity theft protection service which offers identity monitoring, alerts about suspicious activity and access to restoration specialists if identity theft occurs.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of occurs

Verb

But what happens when the season shifts, when the cloying good cheer of—groan—the holiday season comes with its candy stripes and jingle bells and partridges in pear trees?

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
Instead, energy production happens at the cellular level exactly where it’s needed, which is part of the reason why the body is so energy efficient.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of happens

Verb

No record of Gutierrez’s arrest appears in an online database maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees county jails, suggesting that he may have been booked in the LAPD’s detention facilities.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Maybe someone changes the terms, a cost shifts, or a new option appears.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

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