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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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 Once the episodes, which originally aired on IFC from 2011 to 2018, started running on Netflix, the pair noticed more fans coming up to compliment the show. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 While on his radio show, Gill waited until Grant's name came up and then took his chance to stand up for his wife. — Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Josh Malerman came up with the idea for one of the season’s biggest movies at the box office after his brother told him a brief story about his niece. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026 The people at the protest a few weeks ago, and the one happening outside Roseland Community Hospital later Wednesday morning, have urged hospital leaders to push the pause button and come up with a transition plan. — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for come up

Verb

At meetings in 2014 and 2016, both of which came six days before elections, the Fed held steady.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Further announcements for the 2027 event will be due in the coming months.

— Thomas Smith, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

Yet when a safety issue arises, competitive barriers come down.

— Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Landon argued that public officials should be held to standards of conduct that include treating others with dignity, particularly when disagreements arise.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of arise

Verb

The cookbook draws on the family's Southern, Sicilian and Cajun roots, bringing together recipes and traditions passed down through generations and shared at family gatherings.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
An October 7 analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), drawing on more than 90 Chinese-language sources, traces that process from battlefield observation to publicly visible changes in Chinese preparations.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of draw on

Verb

In 2015, she was suspended for a week after a video surfaced of her yelling at and belittling a towing company employee.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
For younger consumers, surfacing a convincing alternative has become a demonstration of taste and product literacy rather than a compromise.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of surface

Verb

But important clues about how the sickness operates are emerging from the latest studies of bacterial DNA in ancient bones and teeth.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Once regarded as fragile and inward-looking, China’s health system is now emerging as an ambitious innovation engine.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerge

Verb

The result offers researchers a different way to approach quantum material design.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
With Election Day approaching, California voters are facing a crowded ballot and competing claims about what the state's propositions would do.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of approach

Verb

Forecasters are predicting that the northeast and Mid-Atlantic will experience similar amounts of flooding as happened during a 2023 El Niño event — a record setting year.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Not everything important needs to happen through a checklist.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026