Analysis Complete

appearance

/ appearance /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of appearing in public view
"the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"
"it was Bernhardt''s last appearance in America"
Opposites:
disappearance disappearing
Type of:
arrival
Kinds of:
apparition emergence emersion reappearance return
Derived:
appear
noun Sense 2
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
"they try to keep up appearances"
"that ceremony is just for show"
Type of:
pretense pretence pretending
noun Sense 3
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
Type of:
attendance attending
Derived:
appear
noun Sense 4
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Type of:
quality
Kinds of:
agerasia look view color colour
Derived:
appear
noun Sense 5
a mental representation
"I tried to describe his appearance to the police"
Type of:
representation mental representation internal representation
Kinds of:
illusion semblance three-D 3-D 3D
Derived:
look appear seem
noun Sense 6
the event of coming into sight
Opposites:
disappearance
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
Kinds of:
reappearance materialization materialisation manifestation apparition
Derived:
appear
Semantic Complexity
66%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
1
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

arrival apparition emergence emersion reappearance return disappearance disappearing pretense pretence pretending attendance