come out

1 to come to be in the end everything came out OK Synonyms fall out, pan out, prove, shake out, turn out Related Words develop, emerge, evolve, germinate, play out, unfold, work out

2 to come into view come out, come out wherever you are! Synonyms appear, materialize, show, show up, turn up, unfoldRelated Words reappear, resurface; bulk, loom; arrive, come; dawn, debut; arise, blossom, bob (up), break, break out, crop (up), emerge, erupt, issue, outcrop, rise, shoot (up), spring (up), surface; happen, occur; reappear, rematerializeNear Antonyms depart, leave, retire, withdrawAntonyms clear, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, go (away), melt (away), vanish

3 to become known if the truth of his sexuality ever came out, the actor's career would be ruined Synonyms break, circulate, get out, get about, get around, get round, leak (out), out, spreadRelated Words develop, transpire, unfold; disclose, reveal, spill, tellNear Antonyms hush (up), suppress; conceal, disguise, hide, mask; secrete