COME Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

come

verb

ˈkəm

Definition of come

as in to approach

to move closer to come here and sit by the fire

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Relevance

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as in to arrive

to get to a destination when do you think they'll come?

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as in to become

to eventually have as a state or quality your dreams can come true

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as in to happen

to take place whatever may come we'll always be together

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as in to do

to move forward along a course how is the remodeling job coming?

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of come The posts come amid revelations that internal testing of models from Anthropic and Google has resulted in security breaches of external, third-party networks that the engineers involved never intended to target. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026 Born in 1972, Liu came of an age when material abundance represented hope and manufacturing ramped up, with slab-style apartment blocks proliferating. — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026 A lot of it comes down to the filmmaker and what ends up coming my way. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Sunday’s shooting comes months after Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that Canada was failing its Jewish community amid a surge in antisemitism. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come

Recent Examples of Synonyms for come

Verb

Sam Jochim, economist at EFG International, said rates could rise roughly once every three months as underlying inflation approaches 2%.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
An Associated Press reporter who approached the main building was told by a security guard that it was closed.

— MATTHEW DALY, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of approach

Verb

Cora, 5, and Dawson, 3, died at the scene, but their youngest, 8-month-old Callan, was still alive when first responders arrived.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Bursts of gunfire could be heard in the compound as additional security personnel arrived, residents said, before the operation ended.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of arrive

Verb

This business advantage offers one explanation for why prediction market startups have become so valuable.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
The young artist who arrived for solitude and serious work has become caretaker of someone else’s daughter, someone else’s property, someone else’s peace of mind.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of become

Verb

This is barely a description of what actually happens, but more of an understanding of what lies beneath the surface of the plot, the emotional core of the adventure at hand, maybe even what critics sometimes call the driving force of a novel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
The precise details of what happened there are obscure, and representatives for Beck did not respond to my requests for comment.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of happen

Verb

The question of who killed Hal still looms, as does whatever the hell is going on with an allegedly jailbroken Sinestro.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Adding value to raw materials, which South Africa already does to a greater extent than its African peers, is the goal of countries across the continent.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

First cell lines enter trial operations Trial production will allow CATL to set up, optimize, and validate the equipment and manufacturing processes before series production begins.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Both teams enter the contest coming off losses to Power Four opponents.

— Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of enter

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Menopausal women spent years unable to get relief from the potentially deadly but often preventable effects of recurrent urinary tract infections, due to the FDA’s black box warning for estrogen products.

— Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 24 Sep. 2026
Even if Xi’s trip proves to be more form than function, Lyle Goldstein, the director of the Asia Program at Defense Priorities, argued that getting the pair in the same room is a step in the right direction.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026