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 faulty notices are also turning up in new places, Hearn said. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

In 2001, he was fired from MTV UK after turning up to work dressed as Osama bin Laden two days after the September 11 terror attacks. — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Chore jackets, garden clogs and barn coats are turning up on city sidewalks as allotmentcore gains attention as an emerging fashion trend in 2026. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026

The Jets have dropped two straight games to fall to 2-5, turning up the heat on coach Aaron Glenn. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026

While Aguilera is no stranger to turning up the heat online, the singer has also pushed back against scrutiny of her appearance. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Months later, the models were turning up weaknesses no one had spotted before. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

The straighter, skinnier pants on the catwalks the last few seasons are now turning up on the streets. — Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

Crowe, watching from behind one-way glass and turning up in encounters beyond the confines of the study itself, gives that intensity a perfectly legible antagonist, if not always a valid one. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026