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 The ballot measure did not come up at Wednesday’s discussion, a livestreamed conversation with his former economic advisor, Lenny Mendonca. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Sushi is big right now, and there are a few Southeast Asian restaurants coming up. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026 Two topics particularly close to the heart of Chicagoans came up. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 To speed up the process, the team came up with the X-AutoMap software to work with the facility’s Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN). — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for come up

Verb

Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Most people come here for the ever-evolving menu of house cocktails.

— Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

Zacharia had little time to prepare for the briefing, which can be a challenging joust with the press in which a press secretary needs to advocate on behalf of the administration and improvise quickly when tricky topics arise.

— Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Pope Leo, who is fully conscious and already walking around, remains contactable and will likely be able to liaise with church officials, should any pertinent issues arise during his hospital stay.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 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

Morning coffee, a work call under shade, weeknight dinner and a wind-down soak each earn their own outdoor room, with the furniture, shade and surfacing that activity requires.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
But complications surfaced in June 2024, when a prosecutor uncovered that a deputy chief assistant at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office’s legal division had filled out a death penalty waiver form in Morris’ case.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of surface

Verb

This latest round of funding supports an exciting range of projects from emerging creatives forging new paths to established voices exploring new creative territory.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
There’s a real opportunity in the fourth episode to do something fun, or at least interesting, when Tyson convinces Russ to join him in smoking hallucinatory toad venom, but no flair or flourishes emerge.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerge

Verb

With the presidential elections approaching next April, political parties are scrambling to position themselves in relation to a protest movement that has shown no sign of abating.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
As seen from Planet 2, Planet 1 will appear to approach on the inside lane, slow down, move to the outside lane and then fall away once again.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of approach

Verb

His big adult break happened when visiting his sister in San Francisco in 1954.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026