COMING UP Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

coming up

verb

present participle of come up

as in drawing on

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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as in arising

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 coming up Three of the rookies made contributions Monday with cornerback Mansoor Delane coming up with an interception, defensive tackle Peter Woods batting down a pass and defensive end Thomas recording a sack. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Collins had no events scheduled for Labor Day, but had been campaigning aggressively in the days leading up to the holiday and has several stops coming up this week. — Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Gregson-Williams began by coming up with a musical language to express Hig’s state of mind, a typical practice when working with Scott. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2026 Normally, an influx of machinery coming up for sale would weigh on prices. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Meantime, which is coming up next year with James McAvoy, or Jackal, because these stories all need something different. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 When tackling something challenging, coming up with a plan is often a good first step. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026 Since coming up in late July, Clark has held his own at the plate and shown his potential defensive value in a center field that’s been too much of a carousel in recent years at Comerica. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 After leading last February’s How to Make a Killing and lending his voice to April’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Powell has The Comeback King, The Great Beyond and a Lou Gehrig biopic coming up. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming up

Verb

By drawing on cues such as voice, facial expression, and behavioral patterns, the OlloBot OlloNi SS1 is designed to initiate interactions in certain everyday situations.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
The production filmed at Berry Gordy’s first mansion and the Detroit Masonic Temple, while also drawing on local crews and talent.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of drawing on

Verb

Meanwhile, there are questions arising in your partnerships that don’t have easy answers or solutions.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
The Manhattan Federal Court action filed by the British former socialite in December argued that new information arising in related lawsuits and the government’s trove of investigative files on Epstein proved her imprisonment was unlawful.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of arising

Verb

Say, if Ferrari, which is closing in on another 20 years without a title, finally designs a pack-leading car and Leclerc is in the fight as much as Hamilton.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Tropical Storm Edouard is closing in on the Texas-Louisiana border, forecast to possibly reach hurricane strength at landfall Tuesday with dangerous storm surge and flooding rain.

— Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of closing in

Verb

However, with Knicks fandom at an all-time high, reports are surfacing that Jordan Brand will be making the most of the buzz by bringing back the City Series style for the first time ever.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
As the Detroit Board of Ethics prepares to investigate Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallet, a familiar name is surfacing to run the effort.

— Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfacing

Verb

Earlier in the year, the Yankees viewed Jones as a platoon bat, with nearly the entirety of his playing time coming against right-handers.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Large numbers of Canadian snowbirds typically flock to warm-weather locations in Florida, Arizona and California when temperatures drop at home, making the coming months a test of whether the grassroots boycott will extend into another winter.

— Rio Yamat, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

Manchin narrowly defeated Morrisey in 2018, but Morrisey mounted a political comeback in 2024 by emerging from a crowded GOP primary and winning the governor’s mansion.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Today, the most-valuable conversations are about what the information means, what risk is emerging and what action should be taken next.

— Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerging

Verb

Trump first proposed closing the center for two years in February, with the board subsequently approving the plan in March.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
The temptation to rush the final stage of the process can be irresistible — just ask Lee Mason, who lost his job as a VAR after hastily closing a check on a game between Arsenal and Brentford in 2023.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of closing

Verb

With competitive midterm races happening in nearly all of the early states, potential Democratic presidential candidates are already on the trail with purple-district incumbents and candidates.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
However, when one of those controls is compromised, resilience depends on having independent means of understanding what is actually happening across the environment.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026