Synonyms of turning up

turning up

verb

present participle of turn up

1

as in appearing

to come into view

my missing car keys turned up just in time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appearing
• unfolding
• coming out
• showing up
• showing
• coming
• arriving
• looming
• rising
• reappearing
• materializing
• happening
• breaking out
• shooting (up)
• emerging
• springing (up)
• cropping (up)
• bobbing (up)
• surfacing
• resurfacing
• erupting
• occurring
• arising
• bulking
• issuing
• dawning
• blossoming
• outcropping
• breaking
• debuting
• rematerializing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• going (away)
• melting (away)
• disappearing
• vanishing
• dissolving
• evaporating
• fading
• clearing
• leaving
• evanescing
• retiring
• withdrawing
• departing

2

as in arriving

to get to a destination

when do you think our guests will turn up?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arriving
• getting in
• coming
• getting through
• showing up
• appearing
• landing
• pulling in
• blowing in
• bursting (in or into)
• touching down
• reaching
• checking in
• hitting
• barging (in)
• fetching
• waltzing (in)
• breezing (in)
• clocking (in)
• disembarking
• making
• debarking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• going
• leaving
• checking out
• clocking (out)
• fleeing
• vamoosing

3

as in finding

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

it took days to turn up the original documents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finding
• learning
• discovering
• hitting (on or upon)
• locating
• finding out
• digging up
• running down
• routing (out)
• tracking (down)
• getting
• hunting (down or up)
• dredging (up)
• digging out
• ferreting (out)
• scouting (up)
• rooting (out)
• scaring up
• nosing out
• detecting
• determining
• ascertaining
• rummaging
• looking for
• searching (for or out)
• descrying
• spotting
• sighting
• seeking
• espying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passing over
• missing
• overlooking
• losing
• misplacing
• missetting
• mislaying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turning up

But keeping horses cool isn’t simply a matter of turning up the AC. — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The result has been that many properties affected by disasters are turning up outside FEMA's floodplains. — Laura Sullivan, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, the legal-services groups under the expired contract are trying to figure out how to continue to represent their existing clients despite the lack of funds, all while new unaccompanied minors detained by ICE are turning up in shelters. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

With her deckhand search still turning up empty and Norma from the staffing company unable to pull an option out of her hat, Sandy comes up with the idea to put Aesha on deck for the charter. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026

His songs have become part of the American soundtrack, turning up in movies, television, commercials and countless high school graduation videos. — Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Will the person in charge please stop turning up Earth’s thermostat. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

This summer, juvenile sharks and other aquatic visitors are turning up early, thanks to the effects of an intense marine heat wave already in place before El Niño arrives, McCauley said. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 July 2026

The alligator that became a sensation in Chicago after turning up in a Humboldt Park lagoon last month is healthy and enjoying the good life in sunny Florida, keepers at his new home said. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026