Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb emerge
5 senses of emerge
Sense 1
emerge -- (come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office")
=> appear -- (come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon")
Sense 2
issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress -- (come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves")
Sense 3
emerge -- (become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study")
=> appear -- (come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon")
Sense 4
emerge -- (come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge")
=> surface, come up, rise up, rise -- (come to the surface)
Sense 5
come forth, emerge -- (happen or occur as a result of something)
=> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow -- (come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose")
Antonyms of adj emerging
2 senses of emerging
Sense 1
emerging, rising -- (coming to maturity; "the rising generation")
INDIRECT (VIA present, future) -> past -- (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year")
INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present -- (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations")
Sense 2
emergent, emerging -- (coming into existence; "an emergent republic")
INDIRECT (VIA nascent) -> dying -- (in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization")
Similarity of adj emerging
2 senses of emerging
Sense 1
emerging, rising -- (coming to maturity; "the rising generation")
=> future (vs. past) (vs. present) -- (yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him")
Sense 2
emergent, emerging -- (coming into existence; "an emergent republic")
=> nascent (vs. dying) -- (being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks"; "a nascent insurgency")