COMING UP Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

coming up

verb

present participle of come up

as in drawing on

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 arising

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 coming up Of course, actually coming up with the mnemonic can be a task unto itself. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 With this event coming up, now’s the perfect time to buy someone important in your life a gift relating to one of their favorite movies. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 This is also an excellent day for creative work or coming up with new approaches to medicine or something that is health-related. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 May 2026 Kim kept Mexico from adding to the lead by coming up with a tough save off a close-range shot by Raúl Jiménez in the 75th. — CBS News, 19 June 2026 Add in the Emmy hosting gig, and everything’s coming up Hargitay. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 July 2026 This game preserves the difficulty of coming up with an elaborate, consistent false narrative on the spot, and the challenge of adapting that narrative on the fly when other players present convincing (and sometimes fake) counter-evidence. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 30 June 2026 CollegeHumor was part of a generation of online video pioneers—coming up well before YouTube and before short-form and streaming video became the lingua franca of the internet. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026 The Americans, at last coming up for air, had a moment late in the half that buoyed a capacity crowd in Seattle’s NFL stadium and numerous watch parties throughout San Diego County. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming up

Verb

Someone who is actually drawing on the tropes and the techniques of science fiction toward a different end, toward actually accessing capital markets.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
The winning numbers for the Powerball lottery drawing on Wednesday, July 1, are 2, 6, 26, 39, 68, and the Powerball is 6.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of drawing on

Verb

For leadership teams worldwide, this requires striking a careful balance between responding to immediate disruption and seizing arising opportunities to bolster growth.

— Anna Marks, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The painting has undergone extensive restoration, removing overpainting by other hands and revealing imagery that, experts say, may have articulated a message of religious tolerance in a moment of social tensions arising partly from a refugee crisis.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of arising

Verb

Culpepper, who seemed to be closing in on a major league call-up last month, had landed on the IL from June 16-28 with the same injury.

— Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
Evereve had a store on the Plaza for 10 years before closing in late December.

— Jenna Thompson June 26, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026

Definition of closing in

Verb

Beyond California, scientists are raising alarms over the planet’s warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers in the coming weeks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Over the coming days, he is expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Russia's war.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

Certain derivatives, commodities, emerging-market securities, and other investments are also subject to tax or market rules that limit in-kind transfers.

— Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Indonesia and India are member states of the Group of 20 major developing countries and emerging economies and BRICS.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of emerging

Verb

Hadley was very active, closing with seven points, 10 rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block in 24 minutes.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Oil prices, which skyrocketed for the first few months of the US-Israeli war with Iran, are now coming back down, closing a window of opportunity for Russia to use higher profits on its exports to close its widening budget deficit.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of closing

Verb

Long-running pop-up event Fork N’ Film leans more dinner and movie, pairing dishes directly inspired by what is happening on screen.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
An early sign that this is happening is the phenomenon of companies putting caps and limits on how much their employees can spend on AI tokens, the basic cost-unit of AI.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 July 2026