Synonyms of turned up

turned up

verb

past tense of turn up

1

as in appeared

to come into view

my missing car keys turned up just in time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeared
• unfolded
• showed
• came out
• came
• showed up
• arrived
• loomed
• rose
• reappeared
• happened
• materialized
• emerged
• broke out
• shot (up)
• cropped (up)
• erupted
• sprang (up)
• bobbed (up)
• occurred
• surfaced
• resurfaced
• arose
• issued
• outcropped
• dawned
• blossomed
• debuted
• bulked
• broke
• rematerialized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• went (away)
• melted (away)
• disappeared
• dissolved
• faded
• vanished
• evaporated
• cleared
• left
• evanesced
• retired
• departed
• withdrew

2

as in arrived

to get to a destination

when do you think our guests will turn up?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrived
• came
• appeared
• got in
• showed up
• got through
• landed
• pulled in
• burst (in or into)
• reached
• hit
• fetched
• touched down
• checked in
• disembarked
• made
• blew in
• waltzed (in)
• breezed (in)
• barged (in)
• clocked (in)
• debarked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• left
• went
• checked out
• clocked (out)
• fled
• vamoosed

3

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

it took days to turn up the original documents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• found
• learned
• located
• discovered
• found out
• got
• dug up
• ran down
• dug out
• rooted (out)
• hit (on or upon)
• dredged (up)
• routed (out)
• hunted (down or up)
• tracked (down)
• detected
• determined
• ascertained
• scouted (up)
• nosed out
• ferreted (out)
• rummaged
• scared up
• descried
• looked for
• spotted
• searched (for or out)
• sighted
• sought
• espied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passed over
• missed
• overlooked
• lost
• misplaced
• mislaid
• misset

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turned up

Local cases have also turned up in Texas, California, Arizona and Hawaii. — Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

For 718 days, as one season gave way to the next and search after search turned up empty, Nancy Tucker remained missing. — Brady Dennis, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026

The mutation, called eGFR T790M, turned up in about 1 of every 15,850 people. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Teuber, 63, returned to Pinellas County jail after police say a probation compliance search of his home turned up 61 gummies and other edibles as well as 13 rounds of ammunition. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Defensive coordinator Brian Flores turned up the heat on Love, who turned the ball over twice in the final five minutes. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

In recent weeks, dozens of sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning have turned up on beaches from Monterey County to Sonoma County. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

After Charles Robinson was knocked out of the match for a few minutes, Rhodes turned up the heat. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the music duo turned up fashionably late to the Cineworld theater in Leicester Square. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026