GOES Synonyms: 534 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of goes

present tense third-person singular of go

as in progresses

to move forward along a course everything is going according to our plans

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as in departs

to leave a place often for another will go on vacation at the end of the year decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier

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as in suffices

to be fitting or proper at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

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as in corresponds

to be in agreement on every point your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said

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as in leads

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the highway goes right along the river

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as in becomes

to eventually have as a state or quality she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark

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as in collapses

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges

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as in belongs

to have or be in a usual or proper place these plates go in this cabinet

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as in fades

to lose bodily strength or vigor when you get old, your eyesight starts to go

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as in follows

to make one's way through, across, or over I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space

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as in varies

to occur within a continuous range of variation selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

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as in puts

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

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as in intends

chiefly Southern & Midland to have in mind as a purpose or goal I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off

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as in ends

to come to an end we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went

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as in affords

to have enough money for I think I can go for the new car after all

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as in stands

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute

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as in dies

to stop living her grandmother went peacefully last night

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as in succeeds

to turn out as planned or desired we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out

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goes

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noun

plural of go

as in tries

an effort to do or accomplish something it took several goes to get the car started

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Recent Examples of goes

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With the 20% increase, the Residential Max plan goes from $130 per month to $156 per month, which amounts to an extra $312 per year. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026 Conclusion The most valuable battery improvement depends on where the battery goes. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026 Picking up all diseased leaf debris goes a long way toward preventing rust next season. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026 In it, a young kid traverses New Orleans to fish, goes door to door selling his game, and learns how to drive, among other things. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026 In this music video, Nina goes grocery shopping with her mom. — Parents, 6 Nov. 2026 And though the Bears have a modest revenue-share program, all of that money goes toward player retention, not recruiting. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026 According to Tarantino, however, the reference goes way deeper. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2026 Meatloaf goes side-by-side with potatoes, gravy and green beans, for example. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Noun

The Arch Fit Arcade sneakers are a goes-with-everything pick that offers plenty of support without looking like orthotics. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026 As far as co-op puzzle-solving goes, Orbitals doesn’t reinvent the wheel. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026 The first phase of the railway that the Colorado Connector (CoCo) will make trips on goes from Denver up to Boulder, on to Fort Collins. — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 14 July 2026 Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back? — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026 Except then there’s the chance of being FUNNELED, placed on the rails and headed for a very specific destination, instead of the OPEN-WORLD anything-goes of traditional D&D. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 The we-might-all-die-if-this-special-effect-goes-wrong stuff. — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 Choose from 21 colors, from goes-with-everything black to standout prints and textures, including holiday-ready velvet or sequins. — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026 Meanwhile, Weaver reminded us of the coat’s versatility while wearing a goes-with-everything matte black version. — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goes

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As the football season progresses – as quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s knee injury moves further in the distance – and as more film comes out, the element of surprise is gone for UCLA’s Ty Dieffenbach.

— Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Getting Jonathon Cooper back in the mix has helped, too, while role players like Jones and outside linebacker Que Robinson continue to get more comfortable as the season progresses.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of progresses

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Its new incarnation features design contributions from Schrager and British minimalist designer John Pawson and departs from upscale boutique hotel tradition in several ways.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
DeMarco, who joined the Liberty last November after 14 years as an assistant with the Golden State Warriors, now departs from the team after it got outplayed by the Dream.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of departs

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Simply photographing the surface of the brain somehow suffices.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
The majority explained that authority for the president to construct the ballroom requires satisfying both of those statutes; neither alone suffices.

— Ellen P. Aprill, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of suffices

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Nick Brown, Washington’s attorney general, leads a group of Democratic state officials and voting rights advocates who have been planning how to respond if, indeed, there is real federal interference.

— Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
McDavid is the fastest player in league history to 30 assists, leads all scorers with 39 points and is on pace to join Wayne Gretzky as the only players to reach 200 in a season.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of leads

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But across this wolf may cry, her breathy delivery becomes so uniform that longing, frustration, and romantic desperation frequently sound indistinguishable.

— Precious Fondren, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
An arrangement becomes easier to trust when responsibility has an end as well as a beginning.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of becomes

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This results in a very large star, which eventually collapses to become an intermediate-mass black hole.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
That contributed to a crazy final quarter that featured 10 drives, six total touchdowns and three touchdown passes from Cutforth to drag the Broncos away from one of the worst collapses in recent Boise State history.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of collapses

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Down by your ankles are bicycle pedals desperately maintaining the argument that this belongs somewhere in the ebike family, while six inches above the bars is a touchscreen doing the same job as the TFT on a modern touring motorcycle.

— Kevin Fanady, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
While therapy utilization belongs on the scorecard, better mental health belongs at the center.

— Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026