spring to mind

1. 1.

   be remembered

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

   Synonymscome to mind

   Broaderappear

Questions about spring to mind

What does spring to mind mean?

spring to mind means "be remembered".

What is another word for spring to mind?

Close synonyms include come 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 spring to mind a common word?

spring 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.