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

Crab shells, whole and in pieces, turned up all over the school, to be swept away with the dust and fallen leaves and other litter, placed in a trash bag, and carried off behind the buildings to the incinerator. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

One girl brought her new bike, received just the day before, another turned up with some rocks. — Zoe Whitfield, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

High risk, uncertain reward Our accounting also turned up something even stranger. — Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Long story short, Velazquez’s trademark search hadn’t turned up that business. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026

There wasn’t much physical evidence of a major Gallic settlement on the Île de la Cité, while digs in Nanterre, west of Paris, turned up plenty. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 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