COME BY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

come by

verb

Definition of come by

as in to visit

to make a brief visit come by after work and I'll give you some clothes for the rummage sale

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Relevance

as in to win

to receive as return for effort a literary award like that isn't easy to come by

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of come by None of them calling, coming by again or inviting me to dinner to get out of my now lonely empty house. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 After a long and labored climb, Fernandez can’t help but come by things honestly. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The stores are adding tap to pay to checkouts at select locations with the full rollout coming by the end of the year, the company said in a news release. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 But yeah, Oppenheimer increased tourism in Los Alamos and the places that Stranger Things shot last year have already seen an uptick in people coming by. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come by

Recent Examples of Synonyms for come by

Verb

Among the seven injured was a woman who was visiting her husband, said Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Jessel goes to visit her house with a regifted candle and asks how Sai’s husband David feels about the move.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of visit

Verb

Vaakanainen, who won gold with Finland at the world championships this summer, fell out of favor under Sullivan and appeared in only 34 games last season.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The situation flipped with the Pentagon’s next round of launch procurement in 2025, when SpaceX won the lion’s share.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of win

Verb

Sánchez allowed two runs in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the 2025 NLDS but still exited with a lead.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The Diamondbacks scored four two-out runs in the 10th -- two on a single by Geraldo Perdomo, one on a single by Gabriel Moreno and one on a single by Nolan Arenado.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of run in

Verb

This is an exciting step forward for Eisenberg the director, who had a breakthrough a couple of years ago with the lovely A Real Pain, which earned co-star Kieran Culkin an Academy Award.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
This confidence is also hard to earn, due to a long Premier League season.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of earn

Verb

Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
For example, a South Florida cop trying to find a vehicle could search and find a person’s information from thousands of miles away in other states, a selling point that gained Flock dozens of law enforcement contracts, the Herald found.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of gain

Verb

Tavares, 11 days shy of his 36th birthday, hopes to reap some benefits from the living arrangement, too.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
In today’s music industry, when artists aren’t reaping the full benefits of the recording economy because of streaming platforms, the live experience is as vital as ever.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of reap

Verb

Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
However, when the UK is involved, things get more complicated.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of get

Verb

Singapore pays its political leaders high salaries to attract talent and deter graft, but the issue is thorny in the city-state, where the median wage worker made S$5,775 ($736) a month in 2025.

— Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Washington has recently toyed with price controls on credit cards through interest-rate caps and restrictions on late fees, as if credit can be made cheaper by government order.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026