Synonyms of came (to)

came (to) 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of come (to)

1

as in counted (up to)

to have a total of

your bill comes to $53.74

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counted (up to)
• summed (to or into)
• amounted (to)
• numbered
• added up (to)
• comprised
• aggregated
• averaged
• clocked in at
• reached
• totaled
• measured
• constituted
• made up
• equaled
• composed

2

as in amounted (to)

to be the same in meaning or effect

it all comes to nothing in the end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amounted (to)
• corresponded (to)
• added up (to)
• meant
• measured (up)
• matched
• equaled
• emulated
• signified
• approached
• suggested
• spelled
• touched
• denoted
• imported
• smacked (of)
• met
• expressed
• rivaled
• connoted

3

as in occurred (to)

to enter the mind of

the actual name of the item didn't come to me until I was walking out of the store

Synonyms & Similar Words

• occurred (to)
• struck
• dawned (on)
• crossed
• remembered
• recalled
• appeared
• arrived
• learned
• emerged
• recollected
• memorized
• reminisced
• conned
• materialized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgot
• ignored
• neglected
• overlooked
• disregarded
• unlearned

came to

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of come to

as in came around

to gain consciousness again

after being in a coma for months, the patient quite unexpectedly came to

Synonyms & Similar Words

• came around
• recovered
• came round
• revived
• woke up
• awoke
• awakened
• rallied
• pulled through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passed out
• fainted
• blacked out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of came (to)

Verb

When Frank Reich was hired to be the head coach of the Panthers in 2023, Li came to Charlotte with him. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2026

Countryman came to the mall to get a walk inside in with his family. —Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026

Lorenzen came to the Royals in a 2024 trade with the Texas Rangers and became a key part of their postseason pursuits. —Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026

However, the tale of a grieving husband and father quickly unraveled as Murdaugh’s laundry list of financial crimes – and elaborate cover-up schemes – against his legal clients came to light. —Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025

Right-hander Elvin Rodríguez came to the Diamondbacks as a waiver claim from the Baltimore Orioles in early September. —Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

By us, but also by so many others who came to know you. —Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025

So the question remained alive among historians and political scientists through the twentieth century, even as the program of most Socialist and Labor parties on the continent came to resemble that of liberal Democrats in the United States and vice versa. —Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025

In fact, that’s how many of these dishes came to be. —The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025