SHOWS UP Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

shows up

verb

present tense third-person singular of show up

as in appears

to come into view normally, one doesn't see them, but the actress's wrinkles show up in the close-ups

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as in arrives

to get to a destination the band showed up an hour late

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as in exposes

to reveal the true nature of were shown up for what they really are

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Recent Examples of shows up By the time his daughter shows up, flanked by her mom and upright dentist stepdad, Lee’s moved on from scolding the room to thanking his mother for believing him. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 Protein has quickly become the dietary preference college students care about most, and the demand is reshaping what shows up on dining hall trays and dorm shelves. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026 The study also omits key context her research has found which shows that approval for political violence shows up on both sides of the spectrum for people with the strongest partisan identities. — Lisa Hagen, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Peter goes to class and shows up for the people who love him. — Nicole Dubois, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Wind River’s Julia Jones shows up as a Native woman who joins the pack, and holds her own against obstacles ranging from raging rivers to even-more-raging men. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026 Sometimes the work is the result of an unexpected intrusion, as when the daughter of one of his patients shows up, in desperate need of a prescription renewal for her father. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026 There’s nothing that needed to be fixed, because everybody who shows up shows up for a certain dish and eats the same thing. — Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 Hotels show what this looks like in an industry few people associate with AI, because every improvement there shows up in a nightly rate, a labor hour, a guest review or an owner’s cash flow. — Roman Pedan, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shows up

Verb

His critics see a president who failed to tame inflation and keep America out of overseas conflicts, and whose agenda has fueled higher prices as the war with Iran appears to be at a stalemate.

— JOSH BOAK, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Two letters redirect actions MuTRAP is a backdoor attack, also known as a Trojan attack, in which malicious behavior is embedded in a model and activated only when a specific trigger appears.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of appears

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Penélope Cruz arrives for a few scenes as a wartime cabaret singer — her performance for a group of cheering soldiers is a burst of bawdy energy.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Bruns points out that the cost of diesel affects everything that arrives via truck, from boat supplies to the wood for the crab traps, so expenses for fishermen have risen, too.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrives

Verb

Measuring the complete outcome also exposes the hidden economics of failures, retries, latency, human intervention and rework.

— Jesse Stockall, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
As search data like Feel30’s exposes just how many patients are confused about discontinuation, expect state medical boards and payers to begin asking harder questions about informed consent, tapering documentation and provider supervision.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of exposes

Verb

As this chart shows, AI capex spending has juiced the net earnings of S&P 500 companies.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
But experimental progress over the past few decades shows that Schrödinger’s equation is not valid only for minuscule particles.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of shows

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Sympathy comes later, unleashed in 18th-century thought through Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759).

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The predominantly beige canvas comes spring loaded with pops of color, notably a sunset orange shade.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of comes

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As the investigation uncovers a string of killings linked to a strange ritual, the two are pushed into working together, facing down otherworldly threats as well as unfinished business from Lan’s past.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Discover the Rhythm of Florida’s Northwest Coast From a boutique inn to the backwater bays Taylor Eisenhauer uncovers the storied side of Florida’s Panhandle.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncovers

Verb

An operative arrives, gets in the car and drives it south to Mexico.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Entire neighborhoods were inundated and the drainage network swamped after over 12 inches of rain fell during two or three days last week, or nearly as much as the sprawling low-lying city usually gets in all of September.

— Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026