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Another word for come

Verb

  1. To go forward, especially toward a conclusion.

    2. See also:

    approach

  2. To take place at a set time

    3. See also:

    happen

  3. To take place

    4. Idioms:
    See also:

    happen

  4. To happen to one

    5. See also:

    happen

  5. To have as a source

    6. See also:

    start

  6. To have as one's home or place of origin

    7. See also:

    start

  7. To come to be

    8. See also:

    change

Idioms:

    come about

  1. To take place

    2. come across

  2. To find or meet by chance

    3. come across

  3. To give in common with others

    4. round

  4. To regain one's health

    5. come back

  5. To go again to a former place

    6. come by

  6. To come into possession of

    7. come by

  7. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize

    8. come in

  8. To come or go into (a place)

    9. come in

  9. To complete a race or competition in a specified position

    10. come into

  10. To receive (property) from one who has died

    11. come off

  11. To take place

    12. come off

  12. To turn out well

    13. upon

  13. To find or meet by chance

    14. come out

  14. To be made public

    15. come out

  15. To make one's formal entry, as into society

    16. come over

  16. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize

    17. come through

  17. To exist in spite of adversity

    18. come to

  18. To reach (a goal or objective)

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Idioms:

    how-come

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • "Come here," said the little man, and took her to one of the corners of the building.

  • I can come back.

  • Then come in and use the phone if you want.

  • I wish we had never come here.

  • "Come on, Jim!" called the boy.

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