Appear

//əˈpɪə//

Synonyms for "appear" (166 found)

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Verb(1 words)
look

Strong matches (49)

Related words (83)

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8 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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Translations

261 translations across 71 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • duket verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • δοκέω verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • εἴδομαι verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • εἴδομαι verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • φαίνομαι verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Ao

1 entries
  • adok (Chungli) verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بَدَا verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • ظَهَرَ verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • ظَهَرَ verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հայտնվել verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Basque

2 entries
  • agertu verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • azaldu verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • з'яві́цца verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • з'яўля́цца verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • пока́жа се verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • пока́звам се verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • появя́ се verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • появя́вам се verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Campidanese Sardinian

3 entries
  • apparessiri verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • apparriri verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • cumparriri verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Catalan

3 entries
  • aparèixer verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • semblar verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • sortir verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 出現 /出现 verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 出庭 verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)
  • 出現 /出现 verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • 好像 verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • 露面 verb (to come before the public)

Czech

4 entries
  • objevit se verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • objevit se verb (to come before the public)
  • objevit se verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • objevovat se verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Danish

3 entries
  • forekomme verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • opstå verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • synes verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Dutch

4 entries
  • blijken verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • haar opwachting maken verb (to come before the public)
  • lijken verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • optreden verb (to come before the public)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • шочаш verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • aperi verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • aspekti verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ilmuma verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Ewe

1 entries
  • dze verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ilmestyä verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • ilmestyä verb (to come before the public)
  • ilmestyä verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)
  • ilmestyä verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)

French

4 entries
  • apparaître verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • apparaître verb (to come before the public)
  • paraître verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • paraître verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Galician

4 entries
  • aparecer verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • aparecer verb (to come before the public)
  • aparecer verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)
  • asomar verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Gallurese

1 entries
  • apparí verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

German

4 entries
  • auftauchen verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • auftauchen verb (to come before the public)
  • auftreten verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)
  • aussehen verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Greek

2 entries
  • εμφανίζομαι verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • φαίνομαι verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Haitian Creole

3 entries
  • parèt verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • parèt verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • sanble verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • הופיע verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • הופיע verb (to come before the public)
  • נראה verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Hindi

1 entries
  • दिखना verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • feltűnik verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • látszik verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • megjelenik verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • tűnik verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • birta verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • birtast verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Ido

2 entries
  • aparar verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • aspektar verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • näyttiissä verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • apparer verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Irish

1 entries
  • taibhsigh verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Italian

1 entries
  • apparire verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ...そう verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • ...ように見える verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • ...らしい verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • 思われる verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ដួច verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • លេច verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Korean

1 entries
  • 나타나다 verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປະກົດ verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Latin

4 entries
  • adpāreō verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • appareo verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • appāreō verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • compareo verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Latvian

1 entries
  • parādīties verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Livonian

1 entries
  • nägțõ verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • се појави verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • се појавува verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Maltese

1 entries
  • deher verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Māori

4 entries
  • kautorohī verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • ngia verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • poke verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • poke verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)

Ngazidja Comorian

3 entries
  • hwoneha verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • udhwahiri verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • upvenuha verb (to come before the public)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • dukke opp verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • oppstå verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Old English

2 entries
  • ætīewan verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • ætīewan verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)

Persian

4 entries
  • آشکارادن verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • ظاهر شدن verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • نمایادن verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • پدیدار شدن verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Polish

4 entries
  • pojawiać się verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • pojawić się verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • stanąć verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)
  • stawić się verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aparecer verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • aparecer verb (to come before the public)
  • aparentar verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • comparecer verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)

Quechua

2 entries
  • qispiy verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • rikuriy verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Romanian

3 entries
  • apărea verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • da impresia verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • părea verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Russian

4 entries
  • ви́деться verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • каза́ться verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • показа́ться verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • появи́ться verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • काशते verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱧᱮᱞ verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • appàrrere verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • cumpàrrere verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • apparí verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • coimhead verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)
  • nochd verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • nochd verb (to come before the public)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • doći na vidjelo verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • istupiti verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)
  • nastupiti verb (to come before the public)
  • pojaviti se verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Slovak

4 entries
  • objaviť sa verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • objaviť sa verb (to come before the public)
  • postaviť sa verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)
  • prísť verb (to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aparecer verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • aparecer verb (to come before the public)
  • aparecer verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • aparir verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dyka upp verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • framträda verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • framträda verb (to come before the public)
  • komma i dagen verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปรากฏ verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • kamap verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • kamap verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ввижатися verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • видаватися verb (to become visible to the apprehension of the mind)
  • виникати verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)
  • виникнути verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Urdu

1 entries
  • دکھایا verb (to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • xuất hiện verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Walloon

1 entries
  • aparexhe verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ymddangos verb (to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible)

Sample sentences

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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

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The king will appear in person tomorrow evening.

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I waited for an hour, but he didn't appear.

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Women who, at first glance, appear to be completely ordinary also don't seem to be in that much of a rush to get married.

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