Synonyms of surfacing

surfacing

verb

present participle of surface

1

as in emerging

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emerging
• arising
• occurring
• happening
• appearing
• materializing
• coming up
• springing (up)
• cropping (up)
• coming
• going (on)
• transpiring
• intervening
• coming out
• interfering
• showing up
• turning up
• falling out
• intruding
• going off
• passing
• happing
• coming about
• chancing
• interposing

2

as in rising

to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below

a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emerging
• rising
• broaching
• breaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sinking
• dropping
• diving
• drowning
• plunging
• submerging
• foundering
• submersing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surfacing

For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

By adapting delivery routes as climate and conflict conditions change, the tool could cut cost per child by 25% while surfacing 10 to 20% more children. — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Those are the three patterns surfacing across recent coverage from interior designers and professional organizers. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

One of them is Jenesis Laforcarde, founder of The Jenesis House, a wellness space that kept surfacing in my research. — Stefanie Benjamin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026

But their unrest is surfacing as stubbornly high gas prices leave voters in a cash crunch back home. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

The organization has invested seriously, more signals and patterns are surfacing and yet the quality of decisions being made around all that information hasn’t really kept pace with the volume of it. — Dhiraj Adya, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

That balance of function and polish is a big part of why the shape keeps surfacing across categories rather than staying tied to one designer, one brand or one price point. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

There’s so many new ideas surfacing constantly that my head spins. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026