Synonyms of turn up

turn up

verb

1

as in to appear

to come into view

my missing car keys turned up just in time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appear
• show
• unfold
• come
• show up
• come out
• arrive
• rise
• loom
• reappear
• materialize
• happen
• emerge
• shoot (up)
• break out
• surface
• occur
• bulk
• arise
• erupt
• resurface
• issue
• spring (up)
• bob (up)
• crop (up)
• blossom
• dawn
• break
• debut
• outcrop
• rematerialize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappear
• dissolve
• melt (away)
• vanish
• fade
• evaporate
• clear
• go (away)
• leave
• withdraw
• retire
• depart
• evanesce

2

as in to arrive

to get to a destination

when do you think our guests will turn up?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrive
• come
• get in
• appear
• get through
• show up
• land
• pull in
• reach
• hit
• burst (in or into)
• fetch
• touch down
• breeze (in)
• check in
• blow in
• make
• disembark
• waltz (in)
• clock (in)
• debark
• barge (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leave
• go
• check out
• clock (out)
• flee
• vamoose

3

as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

it took days to turn up the original documents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• find
• learn
• discover
• locate
• get
• find out
• hit (on or upon)
• run down
• track (down)
• dig out
• hunt (down or up)
• dig up
• ascertain
• dredge (up)
• detect
• determine
• scout (up)
• ferret (out)
• root (out)
• rout (out)
• scare up
• nose out
• rummage
• descry
• sight
• search (for or out)
• look for
• spot
• seek
• espy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pass over
• miss
• overlook
• lose
• misplace
• misset
• mislay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turn up

Mercury entering Leo, for instance, will turn up the heat in your immediate environment, whether that’s texting your crush or doing something creative. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

And while Brooks Falls offers a front-row seat to their annual salmon feast, bears turn up throughout the park—digging for clams on windswept beaches, lumbering across open tundra, and prowling the banks of remote rivers. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

The team bus didn’t turn up before one match and players had to drive themselves there. — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Will the person in charge please stop turning up Earth’s thermostat. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026