Synonyms of happens

happens

verb

present tense third-person singular of happen

as in occurs

to take place

did anything exciting happen over the summer?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of happens

For the technology leader responsible for keeping essential services running, these details provide a basis for assessing what protections exist and what happens in an extreme scenario. — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

The conversational layer may be what a borrower sees, but the difficult work happens deeper in the stack, where documents, rules, calculations, decisions, and transaction states have to remain connected. — Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

If something like that happens, that’s the nature of the game, unfortunately. — Rob Maaddi, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

And that's what happens when the babysitter is invited to go swinging. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

When that happens, per state law, the commissioner must either close the campus or take over the district. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

The Composer One is what happens when two aerospace engineers rethink the garbage disposal. — Nina Elder, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Whatever happens, missing the end of December target does not mean that money runs out. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026