Word Type

Verb

The word "appear" can be used as a verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

disappear disappear dissolve hide vanish vanishing

Derived Terms

appear in the Gazette appearable appearency appearingly coappear misappear nonappearin reappear speak of the devil and he shall appear

Distinct From

invisible vanish vanishing

Context

dramaturgy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arrive be change come do execute get happen materialise materialize perform produce sensation seem

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

burst out come up decloak pop up show one's face show up spring up turn up

Manner Of

be happen perform

Related Terms

apparent appearance appearer

Related Terms

apparent appearance arriving be there be visible become become seen become visible becoming becoming seen come come out hear like look look like looks looks like magic magic trick magically magically hear materialize now now visible out phenomenon ps see seem seems seems like seen show show up showing showing up shows shows up sudden suddenly suddenly see suddenly there there trick turned turned up two two ps up vanish visibility visible visual visual phenomenon

Synonym Network

answer appearance arise arrive become come crop out dawn emerge have heave in sight known look loom obvious occur offer oneself open present seem sight turn up visible

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