appearances
How things seem
Appearances is the plural of appearance, covering looks, acts of showing up, and instances of seeming.
She made several public appearances.
Appearances can be deceiving warns that how things look may not reflect reality.
To keep up appearances is to maintain an outward show of normality or prosperity despite private troubles.
By all appearances means judging from what can be seen.
Deceptive outward appearance
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- guiseExternal manner shown
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
illusion · veneer · sham · disguise · front · show · act · feigning
Visual or mental likeness
- personaAssumed public identity
- presenceState of being somewhere
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- demeanorOutward manner, conduct
air · mien · bearing · reputation · perception · judgment · semblance · projection
Visual perception faculty
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- manifestationOutward display of something
- displayPresentation for viewing
showing · emergence · materialization · glimpse · sighting · spectacle · view · aspect
Aesthetic excellence
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- groomingSelf-care for appearance
attractiveness · complexion · features · physique · figure · countenance · bearing · presentation
Act of reaching destination
- presenceState of being somewhere
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- visitTrip to see another
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
cameo · performance · booking · presentation · showing · emergence · debut · entrance
Single occurrence of something
- manifestationOutward display of something
- emergenceComing into existence
- arisingComing into being
- surfacingComing to the surface
incidence · frequency · recurrence · phenomenon · outbreak · onset · presentation · development
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- guiseExternal manner shown
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
charade · illusion · veneer · sham · disguise · front · show · act · feigning · superficiality
image
Visual or mental likeness
- personaAssumed public identity
- presenceState of being somewhere
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
demeanor · air · mien · bearing · reputation · perception · judgment · semblance · projection · portrayal
sight
Visual perception faculty
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- manifestationOutward display of something
display · showing · emergence · materialization · glimpse · sighting · spectacle · view · aspect · form
beauty
Aesthetic excellence
grooming · attractiveness · complexion · features · physique · figure · countenance · bearing · presentation · polish
arrival
Act of reaching destination
engagement · cameo · performance · booking · presentation · showing · emergence · debut · entrance · coming-out
instance
Single occurrence of something
- manifestationOutward display of something
- emergenceComing into existence
- arisingComing into being
surfacing · incidence · frequency · recurrence · phenomenon · outbreak · onset · presentation · development · materialization
- Face-savingdignity, pride, honor, respect, image
- book tourssignings, autographs, readings, Q&A, meet and greet
- KantKant, categorical imperative, a priori, thing-in-itself, noumena
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- Social Pretensepretense, facade, affectation, phoniness, insincerity
- PlatoPlato, academy, Academy, allegory, the Republic
appearancesabsences
States of being away
departures · no-shows · disappearances · nonappearances · nonattendance
appearancesrealities
Things that exist
actualities · essences · truths · substance · core
appearancesconcealments
Acts of hiding something
disappearances · hidings · invisibility · vanishings · eclipses
- make an appearanceArrive and be seen
- made an appearanceBecame visible or present
- making an appearanceAttending briefly, being seen
- guest appearanceBrief role by outsider
- keep up appearancesPretend all is well
- physical appearanceBodily visual traits