100 Words to Use Instead of “Seem”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	act	give an impression of being
2.	add up	seem reasonable or true
3.	amount to	be equivalent to in effect
4.	apparently	as far as one can tell
5.	appear	give the impression of being
6.	assume	take on an appearance
7.	attest	provide evidence of
8.	be apparent	be easy to notice
9.	be evident	be clearly apparent
10.	be perceived	be seen or understood as
11.	be seen as	be regarded as
12.	be seen to be	appear upon observation
13.	be supposed to	be believed to be
14.	be taken as	be interpreted as
15.	be taken for	be mistaken as
16.	be thought of as	be regarded as
17.	be thought to	be believed to
18.	bear	show or display signs of
19.	become	come to be regarded as
20.	befit	be suitable or appropriate for
21.	belie	fail to match the appearance of
22.	betoken	be a sign of
23.	betray	unintentionally show or suggest
24.	call to mind	evoke an impression of
25.	come across	be perceived as
26.	come off as	be perceived as
27.	come off like	seem like
28.	come over	be perceived in a certain way
29.	come through	be conveyed or perceived
30.	convey	communicate an impression of
31.	create the impression	cause others to think
32.	emerge as	become apparent as
33.	end up	turn out
34.	evince	show clearly; reveal
35.	exude	give off a strong impression
36.	feel	seem based on sensation
37.	give off	emit an impression or vibe
38.	give the appearance	create an impression
39.	give the impression	create an appearance of
40.	give the sense	create a feeling of
41.	have the air	seem to have a quality
42.	have the appearance	look as if
43.	have the aura	give a distinctive impression
44.	have the feel	seem to feel a certain way
45.	have the look	seem to look a certain way
46.	have the ring	sound as if true
47.	have the sound	seem to sound a certain way
48.	have the vibe	feel a certain way
49.	have the whiff	suggest something slightly
50.	hint	suggest subtly
51.	imply	suggest without stating
52.	indicate	make something seem true
53.	keep up appearances	maintain a certain impression
54.	lend the impression	contribute to an impression
55.	look	appear to be
56.	loom	appear large or threatening
57.	make sense	seem logical
58.	pass as	be taken to be
59.	pass for	be accepted as
60.	point to	suggest as a conclusion
61.	point toward	indicate in that direction
62.	present as	appear as
63.	project	present an image of
64.	prove to be	turn out as
65.	purport to be	claim or appear to be
66.	read as	be interpreted as
67.	read like	seem from the wording
68.	register as	be perceived as
69.	resemble	look like; be similar to
70.	ring true	seem genuine
71.	seemingly	apparently; as it seems
72.	signal	show or suggest clearly
73.	sound	seem based on what’s heard
74.	strike	give an impression to someone
75.	suggest	make something seem likely
76.	take on	begin to have an appearance
77.	turn out	prove to be in the end
78.	undergo	appear to experience a change
79.	unfold	seem to develop over time
80.	unsettle	seem to disturb or worry
81.	upend	seem to overturn expectations
82.	urge	seem to press toward action
83.	veer	seem to shift direction suddenly
84.	verify	seem to be confirmed as true
85.	vie	seem to compete for something
86.	vindicate	seem to prove someone right
87.	warrant	seem to justify a response
88.	waver	seem to be uncertain
89.	wax	seem to grow or increase
90.	weigh	seem to matter or count
91.	welcome	seem to accept gladly
92.	widen	seem to expand or grow
93.	wilt	seem to droop or weaken
94.	wince	seem to flinch in pain
95.	wind up	seem to end up somewhere
96.	worsen	seem to become worse
97.	yearn	seem to long for something
98.	yield	seem to produce a result
99.	zero in on	seem to focus on something
100.	zoom in	seem to focus more closely