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

The Statesman’s search for other suitable venues turned up fruitless. — Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026

Monday’s routine inspection, the first since Habana 1900 became licensed on July 9, turned up 29 total violations, including seven high-priority violations. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

After a month, the ketogenic group showed clear metabolic improvements; the more striking psychiatric and cognitive gains turned up at four months—by which point the diet had been offered to everyone, eliminating the control-group comparison. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

In August, supervisors in Pinal County, Arizona, voted down a large data center campus after so many residents turned up to object that the county opened five overflow rooms across three buildings. — Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026