Synonyms of turn up

turn up

verb

1

as in to appear

to come into view

my missing car keys turned up just in time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appear
• show
• unfold
• come
• show up
• come out
• arrive
• rise
• loom
• reappear
• materialize
• happen
• emerge
• shoot (up)
• break out
• surface
• occur
• bulk
• arise
• erupt
• resurface
• issue
• spring (up)
• bob (up)
• crop (up)
• blossom
• dawn
• break
• debut
• outcrop
• rematerialize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disappear
• dissolve
• melt (away)
• vanish
• fade
• evaporate
• clear
• go (away)
• leave
• withdraw
• retire
• depart
• evanesce

2

as in to arrive

to get to a destination

when do you think our guests will turn up?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrive
• come
• get in
• appear
• get through
• show up
• land
• pull in
• reach
• hit
• burst (in or into)
• fetch
• touch down
• breeze (in)
• check in
• blow in
• make
• disembark
• waltz (in)
• clock (in)
• debark
• barge (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leave
• go
• check out
• clock (out)
• flee
• vamoose

3

as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

it took days to turn up the original documents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• find
• learn
• discover
• locate
• get
• find out
• hit (on or upon)
• run down
• track (down)
• dig out
• hunt (down or up)
• dig up
• ascertain
• dredge (up)
• detect
• determine
• scout (up)
• ferret (out)
• root (out)
• rout (out)
• scare up
• nose out
• rummage
• descry
• sight
• search (for or out)
• look for
• spot
• seek
• espy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pass over
• miss
• overlook
• lose
• misplace
• misset
• mislay

Examples of turn up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her disapproving future mother-in-law has spared no expense in planning what promises to be the premiere wedding of the season but all hell breaks loose when a body turns up on the beach and everyone is suddenly a suspect. —Dana Feldman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024

The show is set during the lavish wedding weekend of working-class Amelia (Bad Sisters’ Eve Hewson) to privileged Benji (Billy Howle), the middle son of a wealthy British novelist, but the celebration is interrupted when a dead body turns up on the beach the morning of the nuptials. —Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 10 Sep. 2024

But when their trainwreck friend turns up, the relaxation quickly descends into chaos. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024

By the time the rest of the group turns up, it's revealed that Diane also happened to have had a one-night stand with Will (Eric McCormack)—the only woman he’s ever been with. —Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024