SURFACES Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

surfaces 1 of 2

noun

plural of surface

as in exteriors

an outer part or layer the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out

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surfaces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of surface

as in emerges

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road

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as in rises

to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier

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Recent Examples of surfaces

Noun

Let what surfaces settle before making your next move. —

Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026 Discovery happens in public, across many surfaces. —

Stephanie Hind, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026 Just be sure to avoid using vinegar on natural stone surfaces, as the acidity can cause damage. —

Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 1 May 2026 By adding wheels to a humanoid frame, the G1 can move quickly across flat surfaces and still adapt when conditions change. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 But here the songs are crystal clear, with the clean surfaces and spick-and-spam gleam of a factory floor. —

Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026 Robots can now traverse stairs and varied surfaces with human-like stability and motion, even under changing lighting conditions. —

Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026 Last Summer is a hard movie to shake, precisely because its placid surfaces conflict so beautifully and unnervingly with its dark heart. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026 Wooden decks are combustible surfaces that require extra caution. —

Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026

Verb

Rather than pulling from a generic product database, Shopping mode surfaces ideas from creators and communities already active on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Such institutional prejudice often surfaces, in ways both brazen and subtle, when Muslims attempt to build new places of worship or renovate existing ones. —

Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026 Knowles keeps the atmosphere leaden when the story surfaces in the present, in which Willy is 63, fraying with disappointment and banged up from several car crashes out on his long runs — events that his family is starting to fear aren’t accidents. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026 In the later drafts, the psychological consequences were what felt important—each fantasy surfaces another warped representation of her grief. —

Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026 The only reliable draft intel typically surfaces the week of the draft, like Will Campbell being the Patriots’ top target last season. —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026 The warning at the entrance was preceded by a towering statue of Pazuzu, a Mesopotamian demon-god that surfaces in Gorillaz videos and art at times. —

Peter Larsen, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026 According to Thea Gallagher, clinical psychologist and associate professor at NYU Langone Health, this moment often surfaces realities that were easy to ignore during the parenting years. —

Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Feb. 2026 The hardships sparked mass emigration and economic collapse, leaving an even deeper mark — one that still surfaces in quiet dinners with strangers like us. —

Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Length can vary but make certain to never crowd the skillet if panfrying, as a crowded skillet gives off steam and that steam can soften exteriors, leading to soggy fish.

— Jack Hennessy, Outdoor Life, 29 Apr. 2026
Designer Can Yalman took control of those exteriors, while Milan studio Hot Lab dreamed up the interiors.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026