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

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

The one god who periodically turns up, Zendaya’s Athena – supposedly Ulysses’ divine protector against the wrath of Zeus and Poseidon and all the rest – has surprisingly little to do in this version. — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

Keep your head held high, as Cancer season turns up the volume around career, ambition and public visibility. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Queen of Hearts and The Girl with the Needle actress Trine Dyrholm co-stars a woman estranged from children who turns up uninvited at a weekend-long naming party for her son’s firstborn child at a luxury season resort. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 June 2026

In her follow-up, Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia attend a fancy party on an island estate; when the host turns up dead, Blanche becomes a suspect, leaving the women with no choice but to find the real killer. — Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 June 2026

But as the night wanes on, the music turns up. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026