COME UP Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

come up

verb

Definition of come up

as in to come

to come near or nearer the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go

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Relevance

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as in to arise

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly let me know if anything else comes up during the project

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Recent Examples of come up There are going to be some haters that come up, there are going to be some trolls. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 Caminero came up with a runner at first and nobody out, crushing a line drive to left that hit the foul pole for a two-run homer. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Ella Langley, Dandelion Once again, everything is coming up Ella Langley. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026 Since Kylie Jenner’s angel debut was meant to be kept under wraps until the moment the lights came up on her in the $50 million Fantasy Bra, the entrepreneur couldn’t very well be seen getting ready with the rest of the Angels backstage. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for come up

Verb

The post came roughly seven hours after Anthropic's Sunday announcement.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

When the opportunity arises to work in person, however, Chater welcomes it.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026
But because New Mexico was not part of the settlement, the state's data privacy case that arose from Meta's Cambridge Analytica scandal proceeded to trial in September.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of arise

Verb

Giving Martian soils a common language The new research work introduces the term ‘areths’ for Martian soil classes, drawing on Ares, the Greek name for Mars.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The analysis drew on 864 dogs enrolled in the multi-year, nationwide Dog Aging Project, giving researchers one of the largest genetic datasets ever gathered on canine aging.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of draw on

Verb

In 2015, she was suspended for a week after a video surfaced of her yelling at and belittling a towing company employee.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
For younger consumers, surfacing a convincing alternative has become a demonstration of taste and product literacy rather than a compromise.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of surface

Verb

Coatue, Blackstone, T Rowe Price, and new investor Sixth Street Growth co-led the round, which closed with a valuation of $190 billion.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Mackenzie closed his main church in Furunzi after buying a piece of land in the Shakahola forest in southeast Kenya for his community, per The Standard.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of close

Verb

Some data centers are now being built at gigawatt scale—roughly the power demand of a small city, says Anuja Ratnayake, emerging technology executive at the Electric Power Research Institute.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The model became the first real hit in the emerging athletic shoe industry.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerge

Verb

The result offers researchers a different way to approach quantum material design.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
With Election Day approaching, California voters are facing a crowded ballot and competing claims about what the state's propositions would do.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of approach

Verb

This year, that did not happen initially, according to officials in three states who spoke to NPR anonymously because they weren't authorized to speak to the press.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
Room for Disagreement No matter what happens with Permian oil production, the region is set to see a windfall from the influx of hyperscale data centers, including an enormous one Chevron is building southwest of Midland.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026