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turn up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of turn up

1 to come into view

  • my missing car keys turned up just in time
Synonyms of turn up

appear, come out, materialize, show, show up, unfold
Words Related to turn up

reappear, resurface

bulk, loom

arrive, come

dawn, debut

arise, blossom, bob (up), break, break out, crop (up), emerge, erupt, issue, outcrop, rise, shoot (up), spring (up), surface

happen, occur

reappear, rematerialize
Near Antonyms of turn up

depart, leave, retire, withdraw
Antonyms of turn up

clear, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, go (away), melt (away), vanish

2 to get to a destination

  • when do you think our guests will turn up?
Synonyms of turn up

appear, arrive, come, get in, get through, land, show up
Words Related to turn up

fetch, hit, make, reach

pull in, touch down

debark, disembark

barge (in), blow in, breeze (in), burst (in or into), waltz (in)

check in, clock (in)
Near Antonyms of turn up

check out, clock (out)

flee, vamoose
Antonyms of turn up

go, leave

3 to come upon after searching, study, or effort

  • it took days to turn up the original documents
Synonyms of turn up

ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on or upon), hunt (down or up), learn, locate, nose out, root (out), rout (out), rummage, run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down)
Words Related to turn up

espy, sight, spot

look for, search (for or out), seek
Near Antonyms of turn up

lose, mislay, misplace, misset
Antonyms of turn up

miss, overlook, pass over

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