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seem

verb

Definition of seemnext

as in to look

to give the impression of being

I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed

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  • look

  • feel

  • sound

  • appear

  • act

  • make

  • pretend

  • resemble

  • imply

  • suggest

  • recall

  • come across (as)

  • come off (as)

  • dissemble

  • hint

  • insinuate

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  • imply
  • look
  • show
  • sound
  • suggest
  • assume
  • hint
  • insinuate
  • intimate
  • pretend
  • resemble
  • be suggestive of
  • convey the impression
  • create the impression
  • give the feeling of
  • give the idea of
  • have the appearance of
  • have the aspects of
  • have the earmarks of
  • have the features of
  • have the qualities of
  • look as if
  • look like
  • look to be
  • make a show of
  • show every sign of
  • sound like
  • strike one as being

On this page you’ll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to seem, such as: imply, look, show, sound, suggest, and assume.

antonyms for seem

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Accordingly, the question «How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?»

READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPS

A good many children seem to be like savages in distinguishing those to whom one is bound to speak the truth.

CHILDREN’S WAYSJAMES SULLY

I do not know what I think; all my thoughts seem whirling round as leaves do in brooks in the time of the spring rains.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

They don’t seem to think there would be much good gained by begging for special favours through routine channels.

GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON

And it is small consolation to me to note that most people’s minds seem to be no better done than mine.

THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS

Ten or twelve added years had slipped by, and it did not seem human that she should continue to feel bitterly toward me.

THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

The fillip given would have been far, far greater than that which the mere numbers (1,200 for the Division) would seem to imply.

GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON

Nicknames among this class of poor whites in the South seem singularly like those in vogue in New England.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

They vary greatly in size, being sometimes so small as to seem mere points of light with medium-power objectives.

A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985

WORDS RELATED TO SEEM

  • appear
  • behave
  • carry
  • carry oneself
  • carry out
  • comport
  • conduct
  • do
  • enact
  • execute
  • exert
  • function
  • give the appearance
  • go about
  • impress as
  • operate
  • perform
  • play part
  • react
  • represent oneself
  • seem
  • serve
  • strike
  • take on
  • accomplished
  • achieved
  • acted
  • arranged
  • brought about
  • caused
  • closed
  • completed
  • concluded
  • cooked
  • created
  • determined
  • did one’s thing
  • discharged
  • effected
  • ended
  • engaged in
  • executed
  • finished
  • fixed
  • fulfilled
  • got ready
  • got with it
  • looked after
  • made
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  • moved
  • operated
  • organized
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  • produced
  • pulled off
  • saw to
  • succeeded
  • took care of business
  • took on
  • transacted
  • undertook
  • was responsible for
  • went for it
  • worked
  • wound up
  • wrapped up
  • acquit oneself
  • appear
  • bear
  • carry
  • come on like
  • comport
  • conduct
  • demean
  • deport
  • discourse
  • enact
  • fare
  • get along
  • get by
  • give
  • go on
  • impersonate
  • make out
  • manage
  • muddle through
  • operate
  • perform
  • personate
  • play
  • playact
  • portray
  • present
  • produce
  • put on
  • quit
  • render the role
  • seem
  • stagger along
  • accomplishes
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  • acts
  • arranges
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  • causes
  • closes
  • completes
  • concludes
  • cooks
  • creates
  • determines
  • discharges
  • does one’s thing
  • effects
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  • engages in
  • executes
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  • is responsible for
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  • makes
  • makes ready
  • moves
  • operates
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  • performs
  • prepares
  • produces
  • pulls off
  • sees to
  • succeeds
  • takes care of business
  • takes on
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  • winds up
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  • acquit oneself
  • appear
  • bear
  • carry
  • come on like
  • comport
  • conduct
  • demean
  • deport
  • discourse
  • enact
  • fare
  • get along
  • get by
  • give
  • go on
  • impersonate
  • make out
  • manage
  • muddle through
  • operate
  • perform
  • personate
  • play
  • playact
  • portray
  • present
  • produce
  • put on
  • quit
  • render the role
  • seem
  • stagger along
  • acquit oneself
  • appear
  • bear
  • carry
  • come on like
  • comport
  • conduct
  • demean
  • deport
  • discourse
  • enact
  • fare
  • get along
  • get by
  • give
  • go on
  • impersonate
  • make out
  • manage
  • muddle through
  • operate
  • perform
  • personate
  • play
  • playact
  • portray
  • present
  • produce
  • put on
  • quit
  • render the role
  • seem
  • stagger along

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Translations: the word in the other languages

  • Afrikaans: lyk
  • Amharic: ይዘት
  • Arabic: يبدو
  • Azerbaijani: görünür
  • Bashkir: тойолған
  • Belarusian: здаецца
  • Bulgarian: изглежда
  • Bengali: মনে হচ্ছে
  • Bosnian: izgledaš
  • Catalan: sembla que
  • Cebuano: daw
  • Czech: zdá
  • Welsh: yn ymddangos
  • Danish: synes
  • German: scheinen
  • Greek: φαίνεται
  • Esperanto: ŝajnas
  • Spanish: parece
  • Estonian: tundub,
  • Basque: badirudi
  • Persian: به نظر می رسد
  • Finnish: näytä
  • French: semblent
  • Irish: is cosúil
  • Scottish Gaelic: a ‘ nochdadh
  • Galician: parece
  • Gujarati: લાગે છે
  • Hebrew: נראה
  • Hindi: लगते हैं
  • Croatian: čini se da je
  • Haitian: sanble
  • Hungarian: úgy tűnik,
  • Armenian: թվում
  • Indonesian: tampak
  • Icelandic: virðist
  • Italian: sembra
  • Japanese:
  • Javanese: koyone
  • Georgian: როგორც ჩანს,
  • Kazakh: меніңше
  • Khmer: ហាក់ដូច
  • Kannada: ತೋರುತ್ತದೆ
  • Korean:
  • Kyrgyz: кажется
  • Latin: videtur
  • Luxembourgish: schéngen
  • Lao: ເບິ່ງຄືວ່າ
  • Lithuanian: atrodo,
  • Latvian: šķiet,
  • Malagasy: toa
  • Mari: коеш
  • Maori: titiro
  • Macedonian: се чини дека
  • Malayalam: തോന്നുന്ന
  • Mongolian: юм шиг санагддаг
  • Marathi: वाटते
  • Hill Mari: кым
  • Malay: seolah-olah
  • Maltese: jidhru
  • Burmese: ဟန်
  • Nepali: लाग्न
  • Dutch: lijken
  • Norwegian: synes
  • Punjabi: ਲੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ
  • Papiamento: ta
  • Polish: wydaje się
  • Portuguese: parecer
  • Romanian: par
  • Russian: кажется
  • Sinhalese: පෙනේ
  • Slovak: zdá
  • Slovenian: zdi
  • Albanian: duket
  • Serbian: изгледа
  • Sundanese: sigana
  • Swedish: verkar
  • Swahili: kuonekana
  • Tamil: தெரிகிறது
  • Telugu: కనిపిస్తుంది.
  • Tajik: ба назар мерасад
  • Thai: ดูเหมือน
  • Tagalog: mukhang
  • Turkish: görünüyor
  • Tatar: тоела
  • Udmurt: адӟисько
  • Ukrainian: здається
  • Urdu: لگتا
  • Uzbek: tuyulishi
  • Vietnamese: có vẻ
  • Xhosa: k ubonakala ngathi
  • Yiddish: ויסקומען
  • Chinese: 似乎

Synonyms, close and similar words for seem

  • appear
  • look
  • introduce myself
  • sound

What is another word for Seem?

  • look

    appear, perception

  • appear

    activity, behaviour

  • sound

    appear, surface

  • look like

    appear, comparison

  • feel

  • look to be

    appear

  • show

    appear

  • appear to be

  • act

    activity, behaviour

  • suggest

  • resemble

  • imply

  • come across as

  • hint

  • pretend

  • insinuate

  • seem to be

  • give the impression of being

  • assume

  • intimate

  • sound like

  • do

    activity

  • give the feeling of

  • have the appearance of

  • perform

    behaviour

  • manage

    activity

  • conduct

    behaviour

  • deport

    behaviour

  • behave

    activity

  • fare

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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

  1. seem

    Appear and look refer to what manifests itself to the senses; to a semblance or probability presented directly to the mind. Seem applies to what is manifest to the mind on reflection. It suddenly appears to me that there is smoke in the distance; as I watch, it looks like a fire; from my knowledge of the locality and observation of particulars, it seems to me a farmhouse must be burning.

    Synonyms:
    appear, have the appearance, have the semblance, look

    Antonyms:
    be, be certain, be real, be the fact, be true, exist

    Preposition:
    Appear at the front; among the first; on or upon the surface; to the eye; in evidence, in print; from reports; near the harbor; before the public; in appropriate dress; with the insignia of his rank; above the clouds; below the surface; under the lee; over the sea; through the mist; appear for, in behalf of, or against one in court.

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  1. look, appear, seemverb

    give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

    «She seems to be sleeping»; «This appears to be a very difficult problem»; «This project looks fishy»; «They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time»

    Synonyms:
    count, await, come out, search, appear, seem, front, reckon, look, depend, bet, attend, take care, come along, expect, face, wait, calculate, see

  2. appear, seemverb

    seem to be true, probable, or apparent

    «It seems that he is very gifted»; «It appears that the weather in California is very bad»

    Synonyms:
    come along, seem, come out, appear, look

  3. seemverb

    appear to exist

    «There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now»

    Synonyms:
    appear, look

  4. seemverb

    appear to one’s own mind or opinion

    «I seem to be misunderstood by everyone»; «I can’t seem to learn these Chinese characters»

    Synonyms:
    appear, look

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  1. Kahlil Gibran:

    The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

  2. Andy Williams:

    If I seem upset, I am, this is senseless. It doesn’t need to happen. It continues to happen over and over again.

  3. Pearl Bailey:

    When you’re young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

  4. Marc Fernich:

    All these actors appear to bear some responsibility for this calamity. All seem to have a share of Mr. Epsteins blood on their hands. All should be ashamed of their behavior, i call for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Epsteins death. The public needs to know exactly what happened and why and how his custodians could have let it occur. Epsteinsdeath comes two weeks after the 66-year-old was placed on suicide watch after he was found nearly unconscious in his cell with injuries to his neck.At the time, it was not clear whether the injuries were self-inflicted or from an assault. He had been taken off suicide watch before he killed himself, a person familiar with the matter told the AP.It wasnt immediately clear when he was taken off suicide watch. Jeffrey Epstein DEAD : TIMELINE OF SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AND RELATED LEGAL CASES Epstein was arrested on July 6 over the alleged sexual abuse of dozens of young girls in his Upper East Side townhouse and his waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, between 2002 and 2005 Epstein allegedly created and maintained a vast network and operation from 2002 up to and including at least 2005 that enabled him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls in addition to paying victims to recruit other girls. Prosecutors said that victims would be escorted to a room with a massage table where they would perform massages on Epstein. At the time of Epsteins arrest, prosecutors said they found a trove of pictures of nude and seminude young women and girls at his $ 77 million Manhattan Hospital mansion. They also say additional victims have come forward since the arrest. He had pleaded not guilty and faced up to 45 years in prison if convicted. Jeffrey Epstein EPSTEINS ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM NAMED Bill Richardson, GEORGE MITCHELL IN NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS Bill Richardson deathalso comes a day after thousands of documents were unsealed Friday in connection with a defamation case against Bill Richardson alleged recruiter that revealed dozens of high-profile names including former Maine Sen. George Mitchell, ex-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has long claimed Epstein forced her to have sex with powerful men, claimed in the lawsuit that Epstein and Virginia Roberts Giuffre associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, kept Ghislaine Maxwell as a.

  5. Yvonne De Carlo:

    I ’d wanted a TV series, but this ? I was n’t sure. I had a hard time getting into the rhythm of it. Then director Joe Pevney suggested I play Lily Munster as a sort of mixed-up Donna Reed character and not overdo anything. When I saw the first pilot in a screening room I cringed at my makeup. But I never estimated it would become this cult thing. It took two hours of makeup to make me seem like that. It ran for two huge seasons, then CBS quarreled with the creators about reruns as we got canceled. A movie in color in 1966 [ ‘ Munster, Go Home ! ’ ] showed off everything in reds and greens on my face. Boy, was I ugly.


Translations for Seem

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • ظهر, بدا, يبدوArabic
  • semblar, parèixerCatalan, Valencian
  • synesDanish
  • dünken, scheinenGerman
  • dzeEwe
  • φαίνομαιGreek
  • ŝajniEsperanto
  • parecerSpanish
  • vaikuttaa, tuntua, näyttääFinnish
  • paraître, semblerFrench
  • lykjeWestern Frisian
  • parecerGalician
  • נראהHebrew
  • दिखना, लगनाHindi
  • sanbleHaitian Creole
  • látszikHungarian
  • parerInterlingua
  • parere, apparire, sembrareItalian
  • らしい, ように見える, そうJapanese
  • ჩანსGeorgian
  • 보이다Korean
  • دیاره‌, وا دیاره‌Kurdish
  • videorLatin
  • ngiaMāori
  • synesNorwegian
  • schijnen, lijkenDutch
  • paréisserOccitan
  • wyglądać, wydawać sięPolish
  • parecerPortuguese
  • parer, pareir, parairRomansh
  • păreaRomanian
  • казаться, показатьсяRussian
  • parriri, parrere, parriSardinian
  • zdeti seSlovene
  • tyckas, verka, synas, förefallaSwedish
  • అనిపించుTelugu
  • ดูเหมือนThai
  • gözükmek, görünmekTurkish
  • здаєтьсяUkrainian
  • لگنا, دکھایاUrdu
  • có vẻ như, dường nhưVietnamese
  • jinönVolapük

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