come - Thesaurus Synonyms and Word Suggestions

verb

To go forward, especially toward a conclusion. Also used with along: advance, get along, march ¹, move, proceed, progress. See approach
To take place at a set time: fall, occur. See happen
To take place: befall, betide, come about, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire. Idiom: come to pass. See happen
To happen to one: befall, betide. See happen
To have as a source: arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring, stem, upspring. See start
To have as one's home or place of origin: hail ², originate. See start
To come to be: become, get, grow, turn (out), wax. See change

phrasal verb

come about

To take place: befall, betide, come, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire. Idiom: come to pass. See happen

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come across

To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or upon , come on or upon , find, happen on or upon , light on or upon , run across, run into, stumble on or upon , tumble on. Archaic: alight on or upon . Idiom: meet up with. See meet
Slang. To give in common with others: chip in, contribute, donate, subscribe. Informal: kick in. See give

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come around or round

To regain one's health: convalesce, gain, improve, mend, perk up, rally, recover, recuperate. See health

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come back

To go again to a former place: go back, return, revisit. See approach

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come by

To come into possession of: acquire, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, win. Informal: land, pick up. See get
To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit. Idiom: pay a visit. See seek

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come in

To come or go into (a place): enter, go in, penetrate. Nautical: put in. Idioms: gain entrance (or entry), set foot in. See enter
To complete a race or competition in a specified position: finish, place, run. See be

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come into

To receive (property) from one who has died: inherit. See get, law

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come off

To take place: befall, betide, come, come about, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire. Idiom: come to pass. See happen
To turn out well: go, go over, pan out, succeed, work, work out. Slang: click. See thrive

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come on or upon

To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or upon , come across, find, happen on or upon , light on or upon , run across, run into, stumble on or upon , tumble on. Archaic: alight on or upon . Idiom: meet up with. See meet

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come out

To be made public: break, get out, out, transpire. Informal: leak (out). Idiom: come to light. See knowledge, show
To make one's formal entry, as into society: debut. Idiom: make one's bow. See knowledge

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come over

To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come by, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit. Idiom: pay a visit. See seek

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come through

To exist in spite of adversity: last ², persist, pull through, ride out, survive, weather. See live

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come to

To reach (a goal or objective): arrive at, attain, gain, get to. Informal: hit on or upon . See start

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