appearance

Main Entry:
appearance [uh-peer-uhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coming into sight
Synonyms: actualization, advent, appearing, arrival, coming, debut, display, emergence, entrance, exhibition, introduction, manifestation, materialization, presence, presentation, representation, rise, showing up, turning up, unveiling
Antonyms: absence, departure, disappearance, leaving
Main Entry: appearance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: outward show; pretense
Synonyms: aura, beard, blind, countenance, dream, facade, front, guise, idea, illusion, image, impression, mirage, phenomenon, reflection, screen, seeming, semblance, sound, specter, vision
Antonyms: reality
Related Words
Main Entry: appearance
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
a show of, apparent, aspectable, autoptical, before one, before one's eyes, blatant, clear, conspectable, conspicuous, cutaway, definite, discernible, disclosed, discovered, distinct, doll-faced, epideictic, exposed to view, glaring, hardened, hedgehoggy, illusory, in bold relief, in focus, in full view, in one's eye, in relief, in sight, in strong relief, in view, kenspeckle, masked, obvious, on view, palpable, panoramic, perceivable, perceptible, periscopic, phanic, pie-faced, plain, recognizable, seeming, shifting, skenchback, staring, stereoscopic, telegenic, telephanous, thick-eyed, unclouded, under one's eye, undistinguishable, undistinguished, visible, well-defined, well-marked, whally, xanthomelanous
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Appearance.
Category: 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; perceptions of light
Synonyms:
-nouns
appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en scene; rising of the curtain., phantasm, phantom (fallacy of vision)., pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre; pageantry (ostentation); insignia (indication)., aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming; shape (form); guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light., lineament, feature, trait, lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one's jib, metoposcopy; outside.
-verbs
appear; be visible, become visible [more]; seem, look, show; present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of; look like; cut a figure, figure; present to the view; show (make manifest).
-adjectives
apparent, seeming, ostensible; on view.
-adverbs
apparently; to all seeming, to all appearance; ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie; at the first blush, at first sight; in the eyes of; to the eye.
-phrases
editio princeps.
Antonyms: disappearance
Browse Concept Index »
Main Entry: advent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning or arrival of something anticipated
Synonyms: appearance, approach, arrival, coming, entrance, occurrence, onset, visitation
Antonyms: departure, end
Main Entry: affectation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pretended behavior to make an impression
Synonyms: air, airs, appearance, artificiality, facade, false front, front, going Hollywood, imitation, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, putting on airs, sham*, show, showing off, simulation
Antonyms: naturalness, simplicity
Main Entry: air
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: distinctive quality or character; style
Synonyms: address, affectation, ambience, appearance, atmosphere, aura, bearing, comportment, demeanor, deportment, effect, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, look, manner, mannerism, mien, mood, pose, presence, property, quality, semblance, tone
Main Entry: arrival
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coming to a destination
Synonyms: accession, advent, alighting, appearance, approach, arriving, debarkation, disembarkation, dismounting, entrance, happening, homecoming, influx, ingress, landing, meeting, occurrence, return
Antonyms: departure, disappearance, leave
Main Entry: aspect
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: visible feature
Synonyms: air, appearance, attitude, bearing, condition, countenance, demeanor, expression, face, facet, form, look, manner, mien
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