show up

1. 1.

   appear or become visible; make a showing

   “She turned up at the funeral”

   “I hope the list key is going to surface again”

   Synonymscome oncome outturn upsurface

   Broaderappear
2. 2.

   be or become visible or noticeable

   “His good upbringing really shows”

   “The dirty side will show”

   Synonymsshow

   Broaderappear

   Narrowerregister

Questions about show up

What does show up mean?

show up means "appear or become visible; make a showing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for show up?

Close synonyms include come on, come out, turn up, surface, show. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is show up a common word?

show up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.