Synonyms for come up
come up

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1. come upverb

   Antonyms:
   come down

2. come upverb

   Antonyms:
   come down

3. come upverb

   I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.

   Antonyms:
   come down

4. come upverb

   Antonyms:
   come down

5. come upverb

   I could tell from her expression she was coming up already.

   Antonyms:
   come down

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. come upverb

   bring forth, usually something desirable

   "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"

   Synonyms:
   rise, scrape up, bob up, muster up, go on, come on, ascend, lift, scrape, surface, muster, arise, go up, scratch, line up, summon, get hold, come, find, move up, uprise, rise up, rally

2. arise, come upverb

   result or issue

   "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"

   Synonyms:
   rise, scrape up, grow, get up, go on, come on, muster, spring up, lift, scrape, get hold, develop, surface, bob up, arise, go up, scratch, line up, summon, move up, originate, come, ascend, find, stand up, uprise, muster up, rise up, rebel, turn out, rally

3. come, come upverb

   move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

   "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

   Synonyms:
   line up, descend, rise, hail, rally, get, get hold, muster, get along, uprise, find, fare, come on, go up, surface, add up, lift, come in, arise, scrape up, scrape, fall, bob up, do, ascend, go on, scratch, follow, occur, issue forth, make out, number, amount, move up, muster up, derive, summon, come, total, rise up, arrive

4. surface, come up, rise up, riseverb

   come to the surface

   Synonyms:
   line up, rise, stand up, get hold, summon, muster up, uprise, find, wax, come on, coat, originate, go up, surface, rally, lift, climb up, arise, spring up, grow, scrape up, scrape, rebel, bob up, resurrect, ascend, go on, scratch, develop, climb, heighten, get up, prove, move up, muster, turn out, jump, show up, turn up, come, mount, rise up, come out, rear

5. arise, come up, bob upverb

   originate or come into being

   "a question arose"

   Synonyms:
   rise, scrape up, grow, get up, go on, come on, muster, spring up, lift, scrape, get hold, develop, surface, bob up, arise, go up, scratch, line up, summon, move up, originate, come, ascend, find, stand up, uprise, muster up, rise up, rebel, turn out, rally

6. rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, upriseverb

   move upward

   "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

   Synonyms:
   elevate, resurrect, rise up, burn down, hook, get hold, develop, stand up, uprise, arise, nobble, repeal, scrape, climb, bob up, snarf, lift, heighten, vacate, spring up, turn out, draw near, reverse, muster, go up, plagiarise, bring up, raise, revoke, pilfer, grow, cabbage, sneak, rise, abstract, approach, move up, filch, mount, go on, rally, come near, climb up, pinch, bristle, wind, ascend, find, line up, swipe, surface, draw close, countermand, scrape up, prove, plagiarize, muster up, jump, originate, rear, rustle, near, airlift, come on, summon, purloin, wax, scratch, face-lift, come, burn up, overturn, hoist, rebel, rescind, annul, get up

7. come upverb

   be mentioned

   "These names came up in the discussion"

   Synonyms:
   rise, scrape up, bob up, muster up, go on, come on, ascend, lift, scrape, surface, muster, arise, go up, scratch, line up, summon, get hold, come, find, move up, uprise, rise up, rally

8. go on, come up, come onverb

   start running, functioning, or operating

   "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

   Synonyms:
   line up, rise, rally, get hold, come along, pass on, muster, muster up, pass off, get along, fall out, find, continue, progress, come on, carry on, go up, advance, surface, lift, arise, come about, scrape up, scrape, keep, proceed, bob up, go along, draw near, ascend, happen, go on, scratch, summon, occur, pass, move on, get on, approach, move up, draw close, shape up, show up, turn up, come, take place, hap, come near, rise up, come out, march on, near, uprise

9. line up, get hold, come up, findverb

   get something or somebody for a specific purpose

   "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, queue up, rise, dress, notice, get, get hold, muster, scratch, uprise, find, retrieve, feel, come on, rule, go up, surface, rally, lift, chance, encounter, arise, see, find out, scrape up, scrape, bob up, adjust, determine, find oneself, ascend, happen, go on, muster up, summon, incur, observe, align, move up, witness, receive, aline, ascertain, come, bump, queue, rise up, regain, obtain, discover

10. rise, come up, uprise, ascendverb

    come up, of celestial bodies

    "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

    Synonyms:
    line up, rear, bristle, rise, get hold, rally, stand up, climb up, muster, muster up, uprise, find, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, grow, originate, scrape, bob up, resurrect, ascend, go on, scratch, develop, climb, get up, prove, summon, move up, turn out, jump, come, come on, mount, rise up, wax, scrape up

11. scrape, scrape up, scratch, come upverb

    gather (money or other resources) together over time

    "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"

    Synonyms:
    line up, skin, itch, excise, rise, come, scratch up, get hold, fret, muster, inscribe, scratch, uprise, find, kowtow, scrub, lift, go up, surface, rub, arise, call off, come on, scrape up, cancel, bob up, chafe, ascend, engrave, go on, move up, summon, genuflect, muster up, scrape, expunge, rally, strike, rise up, grate, fray, grave

12. muster, rally, summon, come up, muster upverb

    gather or bring together

    "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

    Synonyms:
    line up, rise, come, get hold, cite, mobilize, tease, muster, muster up, scratch, uprise, find, tantalise, summon, come on, go up, surface, rally, lift, call up, arise, beat up, summons, scrape up, scrape, drum up, bob up, ride, ascend, go on, marshal, rebound, razz, mobilise, tantalize, move up, cod, taunt, rag, rise up, bait, twit

Matched Categories

1. • Arise
   • Ascend
   • Astronomy
   • Become
   • Generate
   • Happen
   • Move
   • Rise
   • Start

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1. come up

   Synonyms:
   rise, ascend

2. come up

   Synonyms:
   shoot (as a plant from the earth), spring up

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1. Kai Tarkianen:

   ( It's) a layman's sport, anybody with a license can come up.

2. Jonathan Tasini:

   Something might come up that would shock the hell out of me, but I honestly don't see it.

3. Sung Won Sohn:

   The economy is almost in free fall, we will see the bottom when the coronavirus infection rates stabilize. It's going to be a pretty deep bottom from which to come up.

4. Stephani Stephenson:

   I know that people have worked years to come up with a process, and then suddenly if my county is going down this other road, at this point, no, I do not trust that.

5. Jack Keane:

   I knew it was a terrorist attack, …I was getting a report from the chief of my operations center — a two-star general — and we were talking about an airplane that had come up I-95 and had come close to Washington, D.C.,and then back to the east and went south. We err discussing what, if any, evacuation procedures there were for buildings in D.C. when the plane hit and rocked the Pentagon.