'appear' definitions:
Definition of 'appear'
(from WordNet)
verb
Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" [syn: look, appear, seem]
verb
Come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" [ant: disappear, go away, vanish]
verb
Be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" [syn: appear, come out]
verb
Seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad" [syn: appear, seem]
verb
Come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago" [syn: appear, come along] [ant: disappear, vanish]
verb
Appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"
verb
Present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority; "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft"
Synonyms of 'appear'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- act as foil,
- appear like,
- approach,
- arise,
- arrive,
- assister,
- attend,
- barnstorm,
- be at,
- be evident,
- be noticeable,
- be present at,
- be revealed,
- be seen,
- be visible,
- become known,
- become manifest,
- become visible,
- break forth,
- catch,
- chance,
- come,
- come along,
- come forth,
- come forward,
- come in sight,
- come into being,
- come into existence,
- come on,
- come out,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- come to light,
- come up,
- crop out,
- crop up,
- do,
- draw on,
- emanate,
- emerge,
- emote,
- emotionalize,
- enter,
- fade in,
- feel,
- figure,
- get out,
- get top billing,
- glare,
- go to,
- happen,
- have no secrets,
- heave in sight,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- leak out,
- look,
- look forth,
- look like,
- look on,
- loom,
- loom large,
- manifest itself,
- materialize,
- meet the gaze,
- mime,
- occur,
- open up,
- out,
- outcrop,
- pantomime,
- patter,
- peep out,
- perform,
- play,
- play the lead,
- playact,
- pop up,
- present itself,
- rear its head,
- register,
- rise,
- see,
- see the light,
- seem,
- seem like,
- seem to be,
- shine out,
- shine through,
- show,
- show its colors,
- show its face,
- show through,
- show up,
- sit in,
- sketch,
- sound,
- sound like,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- spring,
- spring up,
- stand forth,
- stand out,
- stand revealed,
- star,
- steal the show,
- stooge,
- stream forth,
- strike the eye,
- surface,
- take a stand,
- take in,
- transpire,
- tread the boards,
- troupe,
- turn up,
- upstage,
- vise,
- visit,
- watch,
- witness