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

But Barra knows that the idea will make some consumers uneasy—and GM, more than most companies, knows exactly what happens when customers don’t feel safe. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

What happens next is conveyed almost entirely through flashbacks to dinners that weren’t interesting enough to become full scenes. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

ICOs were the dominant crypto craze of the late 2010s, creating the capital that eventually went into decentralized finance (crypto’s version of what happens on Wall Street) and the booming NFT market. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

What separates vendors is what happens after the agreement is signed. — Manjot Pal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

What happens during a session Many treatments start with a microscopic scalp analysis. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

This is barely a description of what actually happens, but more of an understanding of what lies beneath the surface of the plot, the emotional core of the adventure at hand, maybe even what critics sometimes call the driving force of a novel. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

If that happens, the workaround would be to do the transfers farther away — taking more time and running up even bigger bills. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Experts believe that unless something dramatic happens in the ongoing wars in Iran and Ukraine, the price climb is likely to continue. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026