Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
S: (v) look (look%2:39:01::), appear (appear%2:39:00::), seem (seem%2:39:00::) (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect) "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
S: (v) appear (appear%2:39:01::), seem (seem%2:39:01::) (seem to be true, probable, or apparent) "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
S: (v) seem (seem%2:39:02::) (appear to one's own mind or opinion) "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"
S: (v) appear (appear%2:39:01::), seem (seem%2:39:01::) (seem to be true, probable, or apparent) "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
S: (v) be (be%2:42:03::) (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)) "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
W: (adj) apparent (apparent%3:00:00:superficial:00) [Related to: appear] (appearing as such but not necessarily so) "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
W: (adj) apparent (apparent%3:00:00:obvious:00) [Related to: appear] (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment) "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie"
S: (v) seem (seem%2:42:00::) (appear to exist) "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now"
S: (v) seem (seem%2:39:02::) (appear to one's own mind or opinion) "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"
S: (v) appear (appear%2:39:01::), seem (seem%2:39:01::) (seem to be true, probable, or apparent) "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
S: (v) be (be%2:42:03::) (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)) "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"