COMES OFF Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

comes off

verb

present tense third-person singular of come off

as in happens

to take place couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years

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as in succeeds

to turn out as planned or desired the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed

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Recent Examples of comes off On July 12, Fable 5 comes off subscription plans and moves to prepaid usage credits at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 And then, there’s the leader, who breaks down just about every huddle when the team comes off the field and prepares to bat. — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026 The letter comes off way too aggressive, according to Hauf. — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 4 May 2026 This large cooler has two handles on the sides, and the lid comes off completely. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 Tina Brown, who literally comes off better than any other person in the Epstein files, had been in business with Weinstein. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026 This all comes off as quite wholesome and healthy and refreshing to the large group of investors who spent the past three years bemoaning the increasing concentration of market value in a small cluster of AI-chasing tech platform giants. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026 The ad comes off the heels of — but is seemingly not actually connected to — Song Sung Blue, the music drama about the tumultuous lives of Neil Diamond tribute musicians Mike (Hugh Jackman) and Claire Sardina (Kate Hudson), also known as Lightning and Thunder. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026 Watson, who ordinarily comes off the bench for Denver, was named Western Conference Player of the Week by the NBA on Monday. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes off

Verb

That process happens anywhere in the world — including in the human gut, where microbes eat indigestible foods, and create a byproduct medical doctors might describe as flatulence.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
This is different from a total lunar eclipse, which happens when the entire moon is covered by our planet's shadow.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of happens

Verb

Christopher argued the race matters not only because of who succeeds Pelosi, but as a sign of what vision of the Democratic Party that person represents.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
If your technology succeeds at scale, can your manufacturing scale with it while maintaining quality?

— Dennis Calvert, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of succeeds

Verb

While pets are not allowed in the inn, there is one room set aside with its own private entrance that is pet friendly, for a fee.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026
Mediators have been trying to negotiate with Hamas for months on implementing the plan, but there is skepticism in the region that Hamas will hold up its end of the bargain.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of is

Verb

Spread across 339 nodes, the $242,624 paid since December works out at roughly $715 each.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Let’s say this works out, recognizing that a couple of impressive days at training camp are a really long road shy of that sentence being true.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of works out

Verb

August is going to feel like the month that everything clicks into place, Scorpio.

— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
Georgia Witchel's Mantis Biotech makes Parva, consumer software that reads how a person types and clicks to flag cognitive change relative to their own baseline, not a population average, largely built on men.

— Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026