COME UP Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

come up

verb

Definition of come up

as in to come

to come near or nearer the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go

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Relevance

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as in to arise

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly let me know if anything else comes up during the project

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Recent Examples of come up El-Sayed appeared on Fox News for a 30-minute interview on Monday night, but the Piker incident did not come up. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2026 When tackling something challenging, coming up with a plan is often a good first step. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026 Monday’s midday Fantasy 5 drawing came up 3, 5, 7, 13 and 17. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 If coming up with settlement funds on your own is difficult, a debt settlement program through a debt relief company may provide a more feasible route. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for come up

Verb

And with players in major European leagues still able to depart their clubs beyond the deadline, there is potential for big deals to still be done in the coming days.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The big hits didn’t come all night for the Sox in a 6-3 loss in front of 21,236 at Daikin Park.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

The same evaluation process may hold promise for other forms of childhood dementia that arise from single-gene mutations.

— Mike McRae August 26, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
The Manhattan Federal Court action filed by the British former socialite in December argued that new information arising in related lawsuits and the government’s trove of investigative files on Epstein proved her imprisonment was unlawful.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of arise

Verb

Yet perhaps the unsung hero in the market was China, which drew on its huge stockpiles, leaving more oil in the market for other economies.

— Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Testing the core concepts The approach draws on a fuel concept first developed by General Atomics during the 1950s Atoms for Peace initiative.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of draw on

Verb

At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap.

— Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
The port was also closed for months following a devastating earthquake in 2015.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of close

Verb

Fleming by body camera footage, approached Parker, who was talking on his cellphone.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
The project uses horror and darkly comic genre elements to approach the psychological pressures of motherhood, extending Urban’s interest in personal experience as a route into broader social and political terrain.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of approach

Verb

His son Jack, who had attended the event in California, was instrumental in making these mazes happen, Universal officials have said.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Set in the high-stakes world of academia, The Love Hypothesis explores the delicate dance between science and emotion, reason and risk—and what happens when love defies logic.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026