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come has 24 distinct synonyms spread across 13 of its 22 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is go.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
“The water came to a boil”
be found or available
“These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled”
extend or reach
“The water came up to my waist”
exist or occur in a certain point in a series
“Next came the student from France”
cover a certain distance
“She came a long way”
happen as a result
“Nothing good will come of this”
experience orgasm
“she could not come because she was too upset”
have a certain priority
“My family comes first”
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for come come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.