Antonyms for appear
əˈpɪərap·pear

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1. appearverb

   To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

   Antonyms:
   disappear, vanish

2. appearverb

   To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

   He appeared quite happy with the result.

   Synonyms:
   look

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1. appear

   Appear and look refer to what manifests itself to the senses; to a semblance or probability presented directly to the mind. Seem applies to what is manifest to the mind on reflection. It suddenly appears to me that there is smoke in the distance; as I watch, it looks like a fire; from my knowledge of the locality and observation of particulars, it seems to me a farmhouse must be burning.

   Antonyms:
   be, be certain, be real, be the fact, be true, exist

   Synonyms:
   have the appearance, have the semblance, look, seem

   Preposition:
   Appear at the front; among the first; on or upon the surface; to the eye; in evidence, in print; from reports; near the harbor; before the public; in appropriate dress; with the insignia of his rank; above the clouds; below the surface; under the lee; over the sea; through the mist; appear for, in behalf of, or against one in court.

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1. • Materialize
   • Perform
   • Theater

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. look, appear, seemverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   vanish, disappear, go away

   Synonyms:
   count, await, come out, search, seem, front, reckon, look, depend, bet, attend, take care, come along, expect, face, wait, calculate, see

2. appearverb

   come into sight or view

   "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

   Antonyms:
   vanish, disappear, go away

   Synonyms:
   come along, seem, come out, look

3. appear, come outverb

   be issued or published

   "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"

   Antonyms:
   vanish, go away, disappear

   Synonyms:
   start, seem, bulge out, come forward, step up, come along, fall out, break through, out, go forth, come on, come out of the closet, bulge, surface, come in, step forward, step to the fore, pop out, place, egress, bug out, come to the fore, push through, erupt, turn out, emerge, show up, turn up, pop, issue, protrude, come out, come forth, look

4. appear, seemverb

   seem to be true, probable, or apparent

   "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

   Antonyms:
   vanish, disappear, go away

   Synonyms:
   come along, seem, come out, look

5. appear, come alongverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   vanish, disappear, go away

   Synonyms:
   progress, shape up, advance, look, get along, seem, come out, come on, get on, come along

6. appearverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   disappear, go away, vanish

   Synonyms:
   come along, seem, come out, look

7. appearverb

   present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority

   "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft"

   Antonyms:
   disappear, vanish, go away

   Synonyms:
   come along, seem, come out, look

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1. appearverb

   Synonyms:
   emerge, seem, look, loom, resemble

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1. disappear, vanish

   disappear or vanish means to move out of sight.

   the saint meditated for 45 days and the god came in front of him. he asked his wish and the god agreed. suddenly the god disappeared.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 19, 2021  

How to use appear in a sentence?

1. Andrew Rosenberg:

   It's encouraging that this wasn't a sample of all affluent, white men, because that suggests you may be able to try it with a broader population of patients, it's also encouraging there doesn't appear to be a major signal of harm for the patients and it didn't create more work for the doctors and nurses.

2. Peter Greste:

   Effectively, that means I will automatically get a conviction if I don't appear but of course I can't go back because President Sisi deported me, so I'm stuck in this legal limbo, the problem is this has never happened before. They've never had a defendant deported from the country while the trial is ongoing so there is no formal legal mechanism for the judge to take me off the case.

3. James McGlew:

   (The deal is) also taking a view on housing construction market in the United States which does appear to be heading in a positive direction, with interest rates now rising, it will be interesting to see how that impacts on the growth particularly in the domestic building market.

4. Paul Klee:

   Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first.

5. Stephanie March:

   But then he travelled to appear at Miami’s South Beach Wine Food Festival in February with a group of assistants, including Tirrell. This devastated March.

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