ARRIVED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

arrived

verb

past tense of arrive

as in came

to get to a destination when will the guests arrive?

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as in flourished

to reach a desired level of accomplishment the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination

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Recent Examples of arrived The actor arrived in a regal sky blue high-neck top with a long cascading train and clashing red lining — custom designed by Prabal Gurung — offset with a casual pair of low slung, non-maternity jeans by La Ligne that skimmed just under her bump. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Knizner arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday morning following a six-hour flight across the country with his wife and 10-month-old baby. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 The priceless treasure arrived in England via a truck driven (under heavy guard) onto a Eurostar train in July. — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026 Sacramento Fire crews arrived to find a tree, fence and two houses on fire. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Officers began life-saving measures as an emergency medical crew arrived. — Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026 Maumelle Animal Services Officers Maumelle Animal Services arrived to retrieve the venomous snake, placing it into a tote bag and relocating it to a nearby river. — Sophie Ziedalski, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026 Prutian, Zayarnaya, and Navalna soon arrived from Donetsk for their own trials. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 A lot of Eastern European Jewish refugees arrived in France after the pogroms and worked as tailors and seamstresses for the couture houses. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025

Definition of came

Verb

After Xi returned the favor and visited North Korea in the summer of 2019, border trade flourished and bilateral ties recovered.

— ZHENG JIYONG, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Kyiv flourished as a powerful center of political, cultural and religious life and accepted Christianity in 988.

— Lidia Pilecky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of flourished

Verb

Despite the death of his biggest star and his own close call, Knight appeared to believe nothing would change in the business after Tupac’s murder.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Aerial footage showed a large law enforcement presence on Sunset Boulevard, which appeared to be closed off to traffic.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of appeared

Verb

The second attempt in March 2021 succeeded, with images showing crowds that had gathered to witness the launch.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
In January 2021 the party officially became Reform UK, and two months later Farage stepped down as the party’s leader; Richard Tice, a property developer, succeeded him.

— Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of succeeded

Verb

For a series built around the unsettling idea of collective perfection, Pluribus works because each department thrived in the chaos of creation.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Venezuela benefited from a vast supply of oil reserves and thrived economically until the price of oil collapsed in the 1980s.

— Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of thrived

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The original finders prospered, with George, Jim, and Charlie making about $1 million in gold, while word of their discovery spread.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
Separating the franchise entries that have lived long and prospered from those that are mere redshirts.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

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