n. 1 exterior, covering, outside, top, skin, integument, façade, face, boundary, interface, superficies; side, plane Most of the earth's surface is covered by water How many surfaces on an icosahedron? 2 on the surface. superficially, to all appearances, at first glance, outwardly, to the casual observer, extrinsically, ostensibly It looks pretty enough on the surface, but it is rotten underneath
v. 3 appear, show up, emerge, materialize, arise, rise, come up, Colloq pop up, crop up Guess who surfaced after ten years in Tierra del Fuego! An enormous turtle surfaced near our boat 4 pave, concrete, tarmac They are surfacing the road in front of my house