Synonyms: appearance
Definition: the act of appearing in public view
Usage: the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period; it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America
Similar words: arrival
Definition: the act of arriving at a certain place
Usage: they awaited her arrival
Synonyms: show, appearance
Definition: pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
Usage: they try to keep up appearances; that ceremony is just for show
Similar words: simulation, pretence, pretending, pretense, feigning
Definition: the act of giving a false appearance
Usage: his conformity was only pretending
Synonyms: appearance, appearing, coming into court
Definition: formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
Similar words: attendance, attending
Definition: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
Synonyms: visual aspect, appearance
Definition: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Similar words: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Synonyms: appearance
Definition: a mental representation
Usage: I tried to describe his appearance to the police
Similar words: representation, internal representation, mental representation
Definition: a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
Synonyms: appearance
Definition: the event of coming into sight
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens