appear | Definition of appear

1 to come into view

a police car appeared just as I ran a red light

Synonyms of appear

come out, materialize, show, show up, turn up, unfold

Words Related to appear

arise, blossom, bob (up), break, break out, crop (up), emerge, erupt, issue, outcrop, rise, shoot (up), spring (up), surface

happen, occur

reappear, rematerialize

Near Antonyms of appear

depart, leave, retire, withdraw

Antonyms of appear

clear, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, go (away), melt (away), vanish

2 to give the impression of being

it appears that he doesn't hear you

Synonyms of appear

act, come across (as), come off (as), feel, look, make, seem, sound

Words Related to appear

dissemble, pretend

recall, resemble, suggest

hint, imply, insinuate

3 to come into existence

the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

Synonyms of appear

actualize, arise, begin, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, materialize, originate, set in, spring, start

Words Related to appear

be, breathe, exist, live, subsist

arrive, come on, emerge

coalesce, cohere, shape (up)

continue, endure, last, persist, survive

Near Antonyms of appear

conclude, desist, discontinue, finish, halt, quit, terminate

disappear, dissolve, evaporate, vanish

depart, die, expire, pass away, perish

Antonyms of appear

cease, end, stop

4 to get to a destination

a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served

Synonyms of appear

arrive, come, get in, get through, land, show up, turn up

Words Related to appear

fetch, hit, make, reach

pull in, touch down

debark, disembark

barge (in), blow in, breeze (in), burst (in or into), waltz (in)

check in, clock (in)

Near Antonyms of appear

check out, clock (out)

flee, vamoose

Antonyms of appear

go, leave

Synonyms and Antonyms of appear

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