appearance
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
Example
“His sudden appearance surprised me.”
Other meanings
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
“There was a strange appearance in the sky.”
The way something looks; personal presence
Synonyms
- visual aspect
Antonyms
- non-appearance
Related words
- appearanced
- coappearance
- misappearance
- abrupt appearance
- court appearance
- disappearance
- keep up appearances
- plate appearance
- put in an appearance
- reappearance
- save appearances
- appearance money
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "apparentia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “appearance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.