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

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

The 20-day has turned up and appears to be crossing the 50, and LVS has outperformed the S&P since the beginning of H2 26; those who want to try to call the rebound early should probably consider calls for the job. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Llewellyn has turned up his performance in practice the past few days, but his status as a 2026 seventh-round pick should keep him safe. — Omar Kelly august 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Works linked to notorious German forger Wolfgang Beltracchi have turned up in museum, corporate and gallery collections there. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

About every three to four evaluations turned up a positive concussion diagnosis. — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Texas accounts for the large majority of cases, but illnesses also turned up in states including Michigan and New York, which are outside the states identified in the FDA’s distribution information. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026