CAME ON Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

came on

verb

past tense of come on

as in arrived

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came on

Verb

Mountain Mike’s Pizza has arrived in El Dorado Hills, joining the community’s new retail space.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
When first responders arrived, some people were in the water, others were on the sinking boat, and others were falling into the water, Crispen said.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 July 2026

Definition of arrived

Verb

Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over the premiership following last year’s parliamentary elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Wilmington police say officers were monitoring a crowd when Skinner emerged from a house and pointed a gun at the group.

— CBS News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Definition of emerged

Verb

Unsurprisingly, there was a strong Premier League presence among the leading clubs represented, but Crystal Palace and Sunderland will be particularly happy with their players’ exploits.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
There was something so sinister about FIFA pushing the idea of diversity while bending the knee to a government working to discard the real thing.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Definition of was

Verb

The area/neighborhood The British Museum is just a four-minute walk away, and slightly further afield on Doughty Street is the Charles Dickens Museum, in the house where the author lived from 1837–1839 and wrote Nicholas Nickleby and Oliver Twist.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
The teenager has already lived a whirlwind career before reaching the age to legally drink at his World Cup final in New Jersey.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of lived

Verb

Hamad bin Jassim ran much of the diplomacy, Sheikha Moza built the education and cultural project, and the gas wager needed technocrats willing to bet on a market that barely existed.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
In 2013, the American Medical Association declared obesity a disease years before GLP-1s existed as blockbusters.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026

Definition of existed

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

came off (as)

came on

cameos

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Came on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20on. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of came on

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

stalwart

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

Popular in Wordplay

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

Why do we say 'fly off the handle'?

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

Games & Quizzes