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

The wave nature of an atom shows itself only when the atom is barely moving, which only happens when it is cooled down to nearly absolute zero. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

So, do not assume that what usually happens at your location during El Niño will happen this time. — Steven Paton, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

So, imagine what happens when the planet of love, seduction and relationship dynamics transits Scorpio’s Plutonian territory. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026

Years spent in a special operations unit taught me what happens when a network plan looks perfect on a whiteboard and falls apart the moment a unit crosses a ridgeline. — Nir Goldstein, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Everything felt really cohesive and everyone caught on to some magical wavelength, and that usually happens for me. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

The first part of the process happens in a fight camp, with Rickards preferring to start work between eight and 12 weeks from a bout. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

But the extremely rapid pace here also raises concern about what happens if, or when, the boom starts to dissipate. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

The rest of the convention would be televised only if something newsy or interesting happens, and most likely after the fact. — Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026