CAME OUT Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

came out

verb

past tense of come out

as in proved

to come to be in the end everything came out OK

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as in appeared

to come into view come out, come out wherever you are!

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as in spread

to become known when the truth came out about the state of the company's finances, several top executives lost their jobs

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Recent Examples of came out Cameron came out of the bullpen for the first time in his career. — Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 The committee’s first vote, on BPC-157, came out in favor of widening access to the peptide. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 24 July 2026 Around the same time that Birman’s book came out, a pair of mathematicians showed that the three-strand group was also faithful. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 The ‌residents came out to confront them and the settlers opened fire, Saifi said. — Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 2026 The most recent version of the COVID vaccine came out in September. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Cole had dominated the Dodgers over six innings when New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone came out for a visit. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 18 July 2026 Ahead of the 2026 Men's World Cup, beer brands such as Miller Lite and Coors Light came out with unique items sold exclusively in their online shops to attract customers. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Once all the Emmy nominations were tallied last week, the HBO–HBO Max combo came out on top with 122, followed by Netflix with 111 and Apple TV with 87. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 17 July 2026

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Verb

His goal proved especially important when Minnesota’s Devin Padelford was left unmarked on a set piece and scored on a header in the 75th minute.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
More than anything else, that team proved what a romantic optimist Keegan was, to dream of playing football like that in the second tier, and to be brave enough to deliver it, telling his players to go out and entertain the fans.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of proved

Verb

Things looked even better for Argentina when Spain had a goal disallowed for what appeared to be a very soft foul by Mikel Merino on an Albiceleste defender that ruled out Williams’ effort.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
As Spain’s players rejoiced, defender Nahuel Molina appeared to try to catch Rodri with his arm.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of appeared

Verb

Military firefighters in Sierra Oeste, Spain battled to contain flames as a wildfire spread overnight.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Protesters blame Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and demand his resignation, but the demonstrations have since expanded into a wider anger over government accountability, spreading to other cities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

The employee fell out of the moving train's door and was injured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
The Lynx used the savings on what Howard makes relative to her production to sign another starting-level forward in Coffey, who fell out of the rotation with the Atlanta Dream.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of fell out

Verb

Each post has been circulated repeatedly with desperate pleas from bereaved owners and basic information about their beloved animals.

— Anabella Gonzalez, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
The initiative was likely constitutionally defective from the outset, even as initiative petitions circulated in all corners of the Commonwealth.

— Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026

Definition of circulated

Verb

What began in 2017 as a record label and music publishing company that represents some of the hottest names in rap, like Sheck Wes and Don Toliver, has evolved into a veritable ecosystem around Scott’s artistic and commercial endeavors.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 July 2026
And just as mobile phone use evolved in Africa in different ways from other parts of the world, spawning earlier and more prolific adoption of digital payments, AI use and deployment will differ.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of evolved

Verb

In January, the brothers made headlines when a viral video showed the pair partying with influencers Nick Fuentes, Clavicular, Sneako, Myron Gaines and Justin Waller.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
FlightAware showed the Gulfstream originally was scheduled to fly from New Jersey to Miami in time for the third-place match between England and France but never took off.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

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