appearance

appearance is a 10-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
2. noun. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
3. noun. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
4. noun. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
5. noun. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
6. noun. Probability; likelihood.
7. noun. The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
8. noun. 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"

9. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: show

10. noun. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

    Synonyms: appearing

11. noun. outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
12. noun. a mental representation

    "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"

13. noun. the event of coming into sight

Synonyms

show, appearing

Common word forms

appearanced, appearances

Words from these letters

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