Thesaurus:appear

Thesaurus

appear

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Sense: to come into view; to become visible

Synonyms

• appear
• come forth
• emerge
• forthcome
• heave in sight (nautical)
• heave in view (nautical)
• heave into sight (nautical)
• heave into view (nautical)
• materialize
• see the light of day (idiomatic)

Antonyms

• disappear
• vanish

Hyponyms

• show one's face (idiomatic)
•   —
• burst out
• come up (idiomatic)
• pop up (idiomatic)
• show up
• spring up
• turn up
•   —
• decloak (science fiction)

Hypernyms

• produce sensation    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “446. visibility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “appear” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.