Synonyms of comes off

comes off

verb

present tense third-person singular of come off

1

as in happens

to take place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happens
• is
• comes down
• occurs
• comes
• goes on
• comes about
• goes down
• comes to pass
• does
• chances
• cooks
• transpires
• passes
• befalls
• haps
• shapes (up)
• betides
• goes off
• comes up
• rises
• crops (up)
• springs (up)
• develops
• turns out
• arises
• falls out
• proceeds
• materializes
• results
• intervenes
• follows
• breaks

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succeeds
• goes
• goes over
• works out
• bears fruit
• clicks
• delivers the goods
• pans out
• catches fire
• delivers
• does the trick
• goes like clockwork
• catches on
• flourishes
• prospers
• thrives
• cooks
• percolates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strikes out
• washes out
• fails
• founders
• bombs
• misses
• collapses
• folds
• flops
• struggles
• flunks
• languishes
• declines
• slips
• flounders
• falls down
• wanes
• goes under
• sinks
• slumps
• skids
• crumbles
• crashes
• cracks up
• flames out
• chokes
• miscarries
• misfires
• craters
• implodes
• self-destructs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of comes off

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

This person was a guest in your home, and her behavior comes off as ungracious. —R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 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

Then the shirt comes off and the stomach is sucked in. —David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025

All of it — again, apparently done with no warning or prep time for Levy — comes off with bizarre credulity. —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025

Park oozes with an old guy’s perception of what charm should be but comes off more like a slightly sleazy Mediterranean oligarch wearing too much shiny gold jewelry. —David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025