CAME ROUND Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

came round

verb

past tense of come round

as in came to

to gain consciousness again the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round

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as in agreed

to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) she's cool to the idea right now, but sooner or later she'll come round

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Someone who came to watch a movie starts to understand how one might be made.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Here’s a guy who scraped his dollars together, came to the club, and out of all the people there, he gets pulled on stage by Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

— Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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The Arkansas Development Finance Authority and the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission both agreed to the change.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Some attorneys questioned the legality of charging 18% interest, and most agreed that the higher rate would have to be disclosed in a contract to be legally enforceable.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of agreed

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Milwaukee opened the scoring in the third when Frelick reached on an infield single, stole second and came around on a single by Mitchell, an Orange County native and UCLA product.

— Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
On a candlelit Wednesday evening in Chinatown, the 2026 Image Makers came around an open-air table to celebrate each other.

— Ashley SP, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of came around

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James told investigators that Laura Hamilton was aware and consented to that relationship with her husband, which Laura Hamilton later disputed.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
Owners consented to donating brain samples from their old dogs for this study.

— Julie Moreno, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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