come to mind

1. 1.

   be remembered

   “His name comes to mind when you mention the strike”

   Synonymsspring to mind

   Broaderappear

Questions about come to mind

What does come to mind mean?

come to mind means "be remembered".

What is another word for come to mind?

Close synonyms include spring to mind. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come to mind a common word?

come to mind is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.