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

The pair turned up together at a Dodgers World Series game in October as well as Lakers games — including the October 24, 2025 game when the couple sat court side and Herbert blocked a basketball coming straight into his future fiancé’s face. — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Two weeks after Vernon appeared as a musical guest on SNL in 2012, Justin Timberlake turned up playing him in a sketch about meeting baby Blue Ivy Carter. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Last weekend, the bodies of the 10 — apparent victims of cartel executions — turned up in three sites across the state in north-central Mexico. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

The video of the kiss turned up all over Telegram channels and public social media pages. — Lesya Lapina & Sergey Hyugge, The Dial, 21 July 2026

Along the way, algae bloomed, chemicals were dumped, and ducks turned up dead. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

The hunt for exoplanets has turned up thousands of worlds, but given there are likely trillions of planets in the Milky Way, many more await discovery. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Here are a few of the stocks that made turned up on the screen. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 July 2026

The crowd turned up as part of a National Day of Action for Temporary Protected Status. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026