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

At first Tassie merely goes through the motions, turning up and pretty much dozing off her hangovers while her charges shoot her disapproving glances. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

City had only won once at the home of their rivals in the past four visits, having become used to turning up and handing out a drubbing for the bulk of the Guardiola era. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Docs On The Dock There is always a strong line up of documentaries at the Rendez-Vous, with sellers turning up at the waterfront location with new factual shows. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

Shaquille O’Neal is turning up the music in North Texas this month. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026

In other words, this season is less about going darker for the sake of going darker and more about turning up the warmth. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026

Jumeirah Mallorca Nikkei cuisine has traveled a long way from its Peruvian origins, turning up on menus from London to Los Angeles. — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 27 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