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| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into sight |
| Synonyms: | arise, arrive, attend, check in*, come, come out, develop, drop in*, emerge, expose, issue, loom, materialize, occur, present, recur, rise, show, show up, spring, surface, turn out, turn up, be present, be within view, blow in*, bob up, break through, breeze in, clock in, come forth, come into view, come to light, crop up, make the scene, pop in*, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, roll in*, time in |
| Antonyms: | disappear, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seem |
| Synonyms: | occur, resemble, sound, have the appearance, look as if, look like, strike one as |
| Antonyms: | be real |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be obvious, clear |
| Synonyms: | be apparent, be evident, be manifest, be patent, be plain |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be published; perform |
| Synonyms: | come on, come out, enter, oblige, perform, play, be created, be developed, be invented, become available, come into being, come into existence, come on stage, make an appearance, play a part, present oneself, take part |
| Main Entry: | emergent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resulting |
| Synonyms: | budding, coming, outgoing, rising, appearing, developing, efflorescent, emanant, emanating, issuing forth |
| Antonyms: | dependent, declining |
| Main Entry: | seeming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apparent |
| Synonyms: | illusive, illusory, ostensible, outward, professed, specious, surface, appearing, quasi-, semblant |
| Antonyms: | real, true |
| Main Entry: | prima facie |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | on the face of it |
| Synonyms: | appearing, at first sight, at the first blush, evidential |
| Main Entry: | looming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rising |
| Synonyms: | approaching, imminent, impending, appearing, emerging |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming into sight |
| Synonyms: | advent, arrival, coming, debut, display, emergence, entrance, exhibition, introduction, manifestation, presence, presentation, representation, rise, actualization, appearing, materialization, showing up, turning up, unveiling |
| Antonyms: | absence, departure, disappearance, leaving |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, commence, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, spring, start, stem, come to light, crop up, set in |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a destination |
| Synonyms: | access, alight, appear, attain, barge in, buzz*, check in*, disembark, dismount, drop in, enter, hit*, land*, pull in*, reach, report, show, show up, turn up, visit, blow in, bob up, breeze in, bust in, clock in, drop anchor, fall by, fall in, get to, hit town, make it, make the scene, pop in*, pop up, punch the clock, roll in*, sign in, sky in, take place, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, disappear, go, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be present at |
| Synonyms: | appear, catch, check in, drop in, frequent, haunt, show, show up, turn up, visit, be a guest, be at, be present, be there, bob up, clock in, come to light, go to, make an appearance, make it, make the scene, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, sit in on, time in |
| Antonyms: | be absent |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, bud, come out, commence, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, happen, occur, originate, rise, sail, set, spring, sprout, start, take off, be born, come forth, come into existence, crop up, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, issue forth, kick off, make tick, proceed from, result from, send off, stem from |
| Antonyms: | die, end |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emerge, happen |
| Synonyms: | appear, befall, betide, chance, come off, develop, erupt, go, occur, transpire, burst out, come forth, come to pass |
| Main Entry: | break out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen, emerge |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, begin, commence, erupt, explode, occur, start, burst forth, set in, spring up |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, approach |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, attain, become, burst, buzz*, check in*, drop in, enter, flare*, get, get in, happen, hit, materialize, move, near, occur, originate, reach, show, show up, turn out, turn up, be accessible, be at disposal, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, blow in*, bob up, breeze in, clock in, close in, draw near, fall by, fall in, hit town, make it, make the scene, move toward, pop in*, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, roll in*, sign in, sky in, spring in, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave, recede, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come forward |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | volunteer services |
| Synonyms: | appear, make proposal, offer services, present oneself, proffer oneself |
| Main Entry: | come in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enter place |
| Synonyms: | alight, appear, arrive, disembark, finish, immigrate, intrude, land, reach, show up, cross threshold, pass in, set foot in |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | come out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make public |
| Synonyms: | appear, break*, debut, get out, leak*, out, transpire, be announced, be brought out, be disclosed, be divulged, be exposed, be issued, be made known, be promulgated, be published, be released, be reported, be revealed |
| Antonyms: | hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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