Synonyms and antonyms of To appear slightly, suddenly or temporarily in British Thesaurus

emerge (verb)

to come out of something or out from behind something

pop up ()

to appear very quickly or suddenly

spring up ()

to appear or to be produced suddenly and quickly

crop up ()

to happen suddenly or unexpectedly

descend on ()

used about things that suddenly arrive or appear

spring (verb)

to happen or appear somewhere suddenly or unexpectedly

materialize (verb)

to appear suddenly and unexpectedly

erupt (verb)

to start suddenly with a lot of violence or noise

come and go ()

to be present or happen for a limited time and then stop

break through ()

if something that was hidden breaks through something, it appears through it

break cover ()

to suddenly appear from where you have been hiding

burst (verb)

to become noticeable or successful quickly and suddenly

burst in on ()

to suddenly enter a room where someone is doing something

come/crawl out of the woodwork ()

to suddenly appear after a long time, especially for unpleasant reasons

flash (verb)

to appear for a very short time and then quickly disappear

flicker (verb)

mainly literary to last for only a moment and then disappear

flit (verb)

to appear for a very short time

heave into sight/view ()

to become able to be seen. The past tense and past participle is hove

materialise ()

a British spelling of materialize

out of/from nowhere ()

appearing, arriving, happening etc quickly or unexpectedly

out of/from thin air ()

if something appears from thin air, it appears suddenly in a mysterious way

peek (verb)

to appear slightly from behind or under something

peep (verb)

to appear slightly from behind or under something

sprout (verb)

if something such as hair sprouts, or if you sprout it, it starts to grow suddenly or quickly

sprout (verb)

if things sprout or sprout up somewhere, they appear there or increase in number suddenly and very quickly

turn up ()

to be found, especially by accident, after being lost or not known about