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 past -- (earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year")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")

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