Synonyms of turns up

turns up

verb

present tense third-person singular of turn up

1

as in appears

to come into view

my missing car keys turned up just in time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appears
• unfolds
• shows
• comes
• comes out
• arrives
• shows up
• rises
• looms
• reappears
• materializes
• happens
• breaks out
• emerges
• springs (up)
• surfaces
• shoots (up)
• erupts
• occurs
• crops (up)
• arises
• resurfaces
• debuts
• bulks
• dawns
• bobs (up)
• blossoms
• issues
• outcrops
• breaks
• rematerializes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• goes (away)
• melts (away)
• disappears
• dissolves
• fades
• vanishes
• evaporates
• clears
• leaves
• withdraws
• retires
• evanesces
• departs

2

as in arrives

to get to a destination

when do you think our guests will turn up?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrives
• comes
• gets in
• appears
• gets through
• shows up
• lands
• pulls in
• touches down
• reaches
• bursts (in or into)
• hits
• blows in
• fetches
• waltzes (in)
• debarks
• makes
• clocks (in)
• breezes (in)
• disembarks
• barges (in)
• checks in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• goes
• leaves
• checks out
• clocks (out)
• flees
• vamooses

3

as in finds

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

it took days to turn up the original documents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finds
• learns
• discovers
• gets
• locates
• runs down
• finds out
• hits (on or upon)
• digs up
• digs out
• hunts (down or up)
• tracks (down)
• roots (out)
• determines
• detects
• dredges (up)
• ascertains
• rummages
• ferrets (out)
• noses out
• scouts (up)
• descries
• routs (out)
• scares up
• looks for
• sights
• spots
• searches (for or out)
• seeks
• espies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passes over
• misses
• overlooks
• loses
• misplaces
• missets
• mislays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turns up

Trey Smack was perfect in preseason games, but the pressure turns up when the real games start. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Magnesium turns up in green leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds, dark chocolate and whole grains. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026

Continue reading … SILICON STANDOFF — US adversary turns up the heat on America’s AI lead with an underestimated edge. — FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

However, when body turns up, seeding distrust among the residents. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

The habit that turns up again and again among people who reason clearly isn’t consumption at all. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

There’s something subversive in the way that Carlile turns up the rage quotient onstage at Newport. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Sims catches a hitch and turns up field but fumbles the ball while switching hands. — Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026