Synonyms for arrive
əˈraɪvar·rive

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1. arriveverb

   Antonyms:
   depart

2. arriveverb

   Antonyms:
   depart

3. arriveverb

   We arrived and booked in.

   Antonyms:
   depart

4. arriveverb

   He had finally arrived on Broadway.

   Antonyms:
   depart

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1. arrive

   To reach, in the sense here considered, is to come to by motion or progress. Attain is now oftenest used of abstract relations; as, to attain success. When applied to concrete matters, it commonly signifies the overcoming of hindrance and difficulty; as, the storm-beaten ship at length attained the harbor. Come is the general word for moving to or toward the place where the speaker or writer is or supposes himself to be. To reach is to come to from a distance that is actually or relatively considerable; to stretch the journey, so to speak, across the distance, as, in its original meaning, one reaches an object by stretching out the hand. To gain is to reach or attain something eagerly sought; the wearied swimmer reaches or gains the shore. One comes in from his garden; he reaches home from a journey. To arrive is to come to a destination, to reach a point intended or proposed. The European steamer arrives in port, or reaches the harbor; the dismantled wreck drifts ashore, or comes to land. Compare ATTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   attain, come to, enter, gain, get to, land, reach

   Antonyms:
   depart, embark, go, go away, leave, set out, set sail, start, weigh anchor

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1. arrive

   Synonyms:
   reach, attain, come to, enter, get to land

   Antonyms:
   embark, depart, start

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. arrive, get, comeverb

   reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

   "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

   Synonyms:
   take, come in, mystify, make, number, come up, experience, develop, draw, stupefy, have, occur, become, sustain, total, receive, scram, add up, do, amaze, stimulate, sire, descend, drive, engender, go, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, suffer, stick, set about, get down, derive, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, amount, dumbfound, beat, issue forth, make out, arrest, fetch, bring, bewilder, go far, mother, father, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, generate, capture, find, baffle, produce, follow, start out, pose, vex, aim, induce, perplex, make it, gravel, begin, start, hail, commence, fall, set out, convey, acquire, come, get in, pay off, bugger off, cause, fare, get along, nonplus

   Antonyms:
   go forth, go away, leave

2. arrive, make it, get in, go farverb

   succeed in a big way; get to the top

   "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

   Synonyms:
   go into, enter, go far, get into, go in, go deep, move in, pull in, come through, pull round, get, pull through, come, come in, pass, move into, survive, get in, make it, draw in

   Antonyms:
   leave, go forth, go away

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1. • Succeed

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1. arriveverb

   Synonyms:
   come, get here, reach this place

2. arriveverb

   Synonyms:
   get there, reach that place

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1. List of paraphrases for "arrive":

   arrival, happen, reach, come, achieve, arrives, arriving, get, find

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1. Hallvard Helle:

   U.S. authorities have already asked that Snowden will be extradited to the U.S. if he was to arrive in Norway, it is a case they (the Norwegian authorities) have not wished to comment on previously, so therefore we want a legal clarification of this.

2. Aroon Melane:

   We heard there was a beached killer whale so we went to go find it. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gave permission to keep the orca wet and protected from animals until they could arrive, we were working on getting a hose and pump to work. In the meantime, we used buckets to keep the orca wet. The orca started getting more lively after we put water on it.

3. Rafael Rodríguez-Mercado:

   I think this issue is a question of waiting for things to arrive,' go with the flow,' and begin doing them.

4. Alberto Donis:

   Plan Frontera Sur has turned the border region into a war zone, talk of human rights is a lie. Almost all of the migrants who arrive here have been abused by authorities.

5. Lois McMaster Bujold:

   Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.