Synonyms for seeming
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Outward appearance.
- adj. 1
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual).
Forms
- Plural
- seemings → appearances, looks, pretenses, semblances…
Choose the right word
Seeming expresses great doubt of the reality; seeming innocence comes very near in meaning to probable guilt. Apparent indicates less assurance than probable, and more than seeming.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- appearance It was not long before they made their appearance.
- guise Life's aspirations come in the guise of children.
- semblance There is not even a semblance of proof.
- pretense He made a pretense of knowing my father.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| seeming | rising | |
| appearance | steady | |
| guise | steady | |
| semblance | steady | |
| pretense | rising | |
| speciousness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- look1, show1
- 5 letters
- color2, guise1, gloss1
- 6 letters
- colour2
- 7 letters
- pretext2
- 8 letters
- apparent3, pretense2, pretence, specious2
- 9 letters
- plausible3, semblance2
- 10 letters
- appearance3, ostensible4
- 11 letters
- superficial4
- 12 letters
- speciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (color2 = 2 syllables).