Appearance

//əˈpɪə.ɹəns//

Synonyms for "appearance" (255 found)

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Noun(3 words)
facadefaçadefigure

Related words (127)

immaterialityimpostureincarnationincorporealincorporeal beingincorporeityindicationlarvalemureslikenesslineamentslooklooksmagicmagic actmagic showmagicianmake-believemanesmanifestation
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16 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

14 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

8 entries

related to

30 entries

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Translations

264 translations across 61 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • verskyning noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Albanian

1 entries
  • pamje noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • φάσις noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • ἰδέα noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • ὄψις noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Arabic

4 entries
  • شَكْل noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • شَكْل noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • ظُهُور noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • مَظْهَر noun (a thing seen)

Armenian

1 entries
  • արտաքին noun (personal presence, form or look)

Assamese

2 entries
  • চেহেৰা noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • ৰূপ noun (personal presence, form or look)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • zahir noun (personal presence, form or look)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • аблі́чча noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • во́нкавасць noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • во́нкавасць noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • во́нкавы вы́гляд noun (personal presence, form or look)

Bengali

3 entries
  • চেহারা noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • রূপ noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • সুরত noun (personal presence, form or look)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • въ́ншен вид noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • въ́ншност noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • появя́ване noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • при́лика noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Catalan

4 entries
  • aparença noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • aparició noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aparició noun (a thing seen)
  • aspecte noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دەرپەڕین noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 外貌 noun (personal presence, form or look)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 出庭 noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)
  • 出現 /出现 noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • 外貌 noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • 模樣 /模样 noun (personal presence, form or look)

Czech

2 entries
  • objevení se noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • vzhled noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Dutch

3 entries
  • aanblik noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • comparitie noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)
  • verschijning noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • aperaĵo noun (a thing seen)
  • apero noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aspekto noun (personal presence, form or look)

Finnish

4 entries
  • esiintyminen noun (the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings)
  • ilmaantuminen noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • ilmentymä noun (a thing seen)
  • ilmestyminen noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

French

4 entries
  • apparence noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • apparence noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • apparition noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • apparition noun (a thing seen)

Galician

2 entries
  • aparición noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aparición noun (a thing seen)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გარეგნობა noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • შესახედაობა noun (personal presence, form or look)

German

4 entries
  • Auftritt noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • Aussehen noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • Aussehen noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • Erscheinen noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐍃 noun (personal presence, form or look)

Greek

4 entries
  • εμφάνιση noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • εμφάνιση noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • εμφάνιση noun (the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings)
  • εμφάνιση noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הופעה noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Hindi

4 entries
  • उपस्थित noun (a thing seen)
  • उपस्थिति noun (the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings)
  • दिखना noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • पेशी noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • feltűnés noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • kinézet noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • megjelenés noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • megjelenés noun (personal presence, form or look)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kenampakan noun (a thing seen)
  • komparisi noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)
  • penampilan noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • tampang noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kaanu noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • koosi noun (personal presence, form or look)

Irish

4 entries
  • aithnid noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • comharthaí noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • comharthaí aithne noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • comharthaí sóirt noun (personal presence, form or look)

Italian

4 entries
  • apparenza noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • apparenza noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • apparizione noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • apparizione noun (a thing seen)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 世間体 noun (the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings)
  • 体裁 noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • 出廷 noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)
  • 出現 noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Javanese

3 entries
  • rupa noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • warna noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • warni noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сиық noun (personal presence, form or look)

Korean

4 entries
  • 겉모습 noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • 볼품 noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • 외관 noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • 외모 noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Latin

3 entries
  • aspectus noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • speciēs noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • vultum noun (personal presence, form or look)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • изглед noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • појавување noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Middle English

1 entries
  • wlite noun (personal presence, form or look)

Middle French

1 entries
  • comparution noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)

Māori

2 entries
  • kōwhitinga noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • putanga noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Navajo

1 entries
  • iʼnoolinígíí noun (personal presence, form or look)

Old English

4 entries
  • andwlita noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • ansīen noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • hīew noun (a thing seen)
  • hīew noun (personal presence, form or look)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • نمایش noun (personal presence, form or look)

Persian

1 entries
  • پدیدار شدن noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Polish

4 entries
  • aparycja noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • powierzchowność noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • stawiennictwo noun (the coming into court of either of the parties)
  • wygląd noun (personal presence, form or look)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aparecimento noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aparecimento noun (the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings)
  • aparição noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aparição noun (a thing seen)

Romanian

4 entries
  • aparență noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aparență noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • aparență noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • apariție noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Romansch

1 entries
  • apparientscha noun (personal presence, form or look)

Russian

4 entries
  • вне́шний вид noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • вне́шность noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • вне́шность noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • о́блик noun (personal presence, form or look)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • रूप noun (personal presence, form or look)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • coltas noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • taisbeanadh noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • izgled noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • pojava noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • pojavljivanje noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • vanjština noun (personal presence, form or look)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • apparenzia noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • apparizziuni noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • apparizziuni noun (a thing seen)
  • ariu noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Slovene

4 entries
  • pojavitev noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • videz noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • videz noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • zunanjost noun (personal presence, form or look)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aire noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • aparecimiento noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aparición noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • aparición noun (a thing seen)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ankomst noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)
  • framträdande noun (a thing seen)
  • framträdande noun (the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings)
  • sken noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • hohoʻa noun (personal presence, form or look)

Thai

2 entries
  • รูปลักษณ์ noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)
  • สารรูป noun (semblance, or apparent likeness)

Turkish

1 entries
  • zuhur noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́димість noun (a thing seen)
  • з'я́висько noun (a thing seen)
  • зо́внішній ви́гляд noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • зо́внішність noun (personal presence, form or look)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bề ngoài noun (personal presence, form or look)
  • hiện tượng noun (a thing seen)
  • xuất hiện noun (the act of appearing or coming into sight)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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No one noticed the bear's appearance.

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You must not rely too much on appearance.

Source: tatoeba (21967)

He deceives others with his appearance.

Source: tatoeba (21969)

Don't judge a man by his appearance.

Source: tatoeba (21970)

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