Synonyms of happened

happened

verb

past tense of happen

as in occurred

to take place

did anything exciting happen over the summer?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• occurred
• came
• was
• did
• transpired
• passed
• befell
• came down
• happed
• cooked
• came about
• chanced
• came to pass
• proceeded
• went on
• went down
• materialized
• came off
• arose
• resulted
• betided
• developed
• intervened
• followed
• shaped (up)
• broke
• rose
• came up
• cropped (up)
• sprang (up)
• fell out
• turned out
• went off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of happened

The fatal shooting happened at a home in Douglas, roughly an hour north of Valdosta. — Asia Simone Burns, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026

But what happened after the final whistle turned a great night into one Ty’Resi will cherish. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026

Benza, however, said the county’s politics could potentially complicate seating a jury, regardless of why the incident happened. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

But there isn’t even a word for what happened Friday when a once-obscure board canceled a meeting to decide the future of homeless services in Los Angeles because too many people came to vote. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

The threat of tsunami has likely largely receded, says USGS seismologist Susan Hough, as the quake occurred on land and happened at a relatively shallow depth. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

But a lack of clarity about what exactly the employees did, or may have shared with METR, has fueled speculation about what happened. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

The meltdown happened anyway, and the line the crew cut was fiber. — Vincent E. Bianco Iii, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

But decades later, a witness came forward and told police that Dorothy's ghost was haunting him and urging him to finally reveal what had happened. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026