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appear has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is disappear.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
1 of the 7 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for appear.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for appear come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
“Then the computer came along and changed our lives”
appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
“Gielgud appears briefly in this movie”