came up

The phrase “came up” has 2 syllables: came up

It's pronounced as /keɪm ʌp/


What is synonym and antonym for came up?

In the thesaurus, “came up” has 49 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for came up along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for came up

  • adjoined
  • appeared
  • approached
  • arise
  • arose
  • arrived
  • attained
  • bellied up
  • bordered
  • came
  • came about
  • came out
  • chanced
  • closed
  • closed in
  • crept up
  • crop up
  • drew on
  • emerged
  • fell out
  • gained
  • happed
  • happened
  • hit
  • interfered
  • interposed
  • intervened
  • intruded
  • landed
  • made
  • materialized
  • neared
  • nighed
  • occur
  • occurred
  • passed
  • reached
  • rise
  • showed up
  • sneaked up
  • snuck up
  • spring up
  • surfaced
  • touched
  • transpired
  • turn up
  • turned up
  • verged
  • went off

Antonyms for came up

  • cleared out
  • departed
  • exited
  • left
  • lighted out
  • lit
  • pulled out
  • quit
  • quitted
  • ran away
  • receded
  • removed
  • retired
  • retreated
  • took off
  • walked out
  • went
  • withdrew

Example Sentences

  • During the meeting, several new ideas came up for the project.
  • She came up with a brilliant solution to the problem.
  • The issue came up unexpectedly during the conversation.
  • When the topic came up, everyone had strong opinions on it.
  • He came up with a plan to improve team performance.

On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to came up, such as: adjoined, appeared, approached, arise, arose, arrived, attained.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

neared

  • adjoined
  • advanced
  • approached
  • arrived
  • attained
  • bellied up
  • bordered
  • came
  • came up
  • closed
  • closed in
  • crept up
  • drew on
  • dropped in
  • entered
  • gained
  • hit
  • landed
  • made
  • nighed
  • reached
  • showed up
  • sneaked up
  • snuck up
  • touched
  • turned up
  • verged

washed out

  • achromatic
  • all in
  • aweary
  • beat
  • beaten
  • blanched
  • bleached
  • bleary
  • blenched
  • bombed
  • brightened
  • broke
  • broken-down
  • burned out
  • burned-out
  • burnt out
  • burnt-out
  • bushed
  • bust
  • busted
  • came a cropper
  • came to grief
  • came up empty
  • collapsed
  • colorless
  • crashed
  • cratered
  • crumbled
  • dead
  • debilitated
  • declined
  • decolorized
  • deluged
  • did in
  • did up
  • died on the vine
  • dim
  • dimmed
  • dirty
  • discolored
  • done
  • douched
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • drained
  • drawn
  • drenched
  • drowsy
  • dull
  • dulled
  • enervate
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • engulfed
  • etiolated
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • fagged
  • failed
  • faint
  • fatigued
  • fell flat
  • fell short
  • flamed out
  • flat
  • flooded
  • flopped
  • floundered
  • flowed
  • flunked
  • flushed
  • folded
  • foundered
  • frazzled
  • frosted
  • gray
  • grey
  • gushed
  • harassed
  • heavy
  • hosed
  • imploded
  • indistinct
  • inundated
  • irrigated
  • jaded
  • killed
  • knackered
  • knocked out
  • lackluster
  • laid an egg
  • lethargic
  • light
  • lightened
  • limp
  • loggy
  • logy
  • lusterless
  • mat
  • matt
  • matte
  • matted
  • miscarried
  • misfired
  • missed
  • muddy
  • neutral
  • not shiny
  • outwore
  • overfatigued
  • overtaxed
  • overworked
  • pale
  • paled
  • pallid
  • pastel
  • played out
  • pooped
  • prostrate
  • rinsed
  • run down
  • run-down
  • rushed
  • sank
  • sapped
  • saturated
  • self-destructed
  • shopworn
  • silvered
  • skidded
  • sleepy
  • slipped
  • sloshed
  • sluggish
  • sluiced
  • slumped
  • snowed
  • soaked
  • spent
  • splashed
  • streamed
  • struck out
  • struggled
  • sunk
  • swamped
  • tanked
  • tapped out
  • tattered
  • threadbare
  • tired
  • uncolored
  • undyed
  • unpainted
  • unstained
  • waned
  • washed
  • washy
  • wasted
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • weary
  • went under
  • white
  • whitened
  • whitewashed
  • wiped out
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • worn
  • worn to a frazzle
  • worn-out

came about

tanked

  • alcoholic
  • baked
  • bashed
  • beery
  • befuddled
  • besotted
  • bibulous
  • blasted
  • bleary-eyed
  • blind
  • blitzed
  • blotto
  • bombed
  • boozed
  • boozed up
  • boozy
  • buzzed
  • came a cropper
  • came to grief
  • came up empty
  • canned
  • cockeyed
  • collapsed
  • crapulent
  • crapulous
  • crashed
  • cratered
  • crocked
  • crumbled
  • dead drunk
  • dead to the world
  • debauched
  • declined
  • delirious
  • died on the vine
  • dipsomaniacal
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • doped
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • drugged
  • drunk
  • drunk as a skunk
  • drunken
  • euphoric
  • faced
  • failed
  • feeling good
  • feeling no pain
  • fell flat
  • fell short
  • flamed out
  • flopped
  • floundered
  • flunked
  • flushed
  • flying
  • folded
  • foundered
  • freaked-out
  • fried
  • fuddled
  • gassed
  • glazed
  • gone
  • groggy
  • half in the bag
  • half-crocked
  • half-seas over
  • hammered
  • high
  • high as a kite
  • hooched up
  • impaired
  • imploded
  • in the bag
  • inebriate
  • inebriated
  • intoxicated
  • juiced
  • laced
  • laid an egg
  • liquored up
  • lit
  • lit up
  • loaded
  • looped
  • maudlin
  • miscarried
  • misfired
  • missed
  • muddled
  • oiled
  • on a trip
  • pickled
  • pie-eyed
  • pissed
  • plastered
  • polluted
  • potted
  • ripped
  • rocky
  • sank
  • sauced
  • schnockered
  • seeing double
  • self-destructed
  • shit-faced
  • skidded
  • slipped
  • sloppy
  • sloshed
  • slumped
  • smashed
  • sodden
  • sottish
  • soused
  • sozzled
  • spaced out
  • squiffed
  • squiffy
  • stewed
  • stiff
  • stinking
  • stoned
  • struck out
  • struggled
  • strung out
  • strung-out
  • stupefied
  • sunk
  • three sheets in the wind
  • three sheets to the wind
  • tiddly
  • tied one on
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • totaled
  • trashed
  • tripping
  • under the influence
  • under the influence of intoxicating liquor
  • under the weather
  • under-the-table
  • unsober
  • waned
  • washed out
  • wasted
  • went under
  • wet
  • wiped out
  • wired
  • woozy
  • zonked

came to grief


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