occur

The word “occur” has 2 syllables: oc-cur

It's pronounced as /əˈkɜːr/


What is synonym and antonym for occur?

In the thesaurus, “occur” has 59 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for occur

  • action
  • appear
  • arise
  • be
  • be found
  • be present
  • befall
  • betide
  • break
  • chance
  • come
  • come about
  • come down
  • come off
  • come to one
  • come to pass
  • come up
  • cook
  • crop up
  • dawn on
  • develop
  • do
  • ensue
  • eventualize
  • eventuate
  • exist
  • expose
  • fall out
  • flash
  • follow
  • go
  • go down
  • go off
  • go on
  • hap
  • happen
  • hit
  • intervene
  • jell
  • manifest
  • materialize
  • obtain
  • offer itself
  • pass
  • present itself
  • proceed
  • result
  • reveal
  • rise
  • shake
  • show
  • smoke
  • spring to mind
  • strike
  • suggest itself
  • take place
  • transpire
  • turn out
  • turn up

Antonyms for occur

  • hide
  • lose
  • precede
  • stop

Meanings of occur

  • verb
    1. To happen or take place.
    2. To present or offer itself.
    3. To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
    4. To be present or found.

Example Sentences

  • Accidents can occur at any time, so it's essential to stay vigilant.
  • The meeting is scheduled to occur next Monday at 10 a.m.
  • It's rare for such errors to occur in our system, but we're investigating the cause.
  • Can you predict when the next solar eclipse will occur in this region?
  • The thought of failure didn't occur to him until after he had already committed to the project.

On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to occur, such as: action, appear, arise, be, be found, be present, befall.

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

Related Words

accident

  • adventure
  • blow
  • bummer
  • calamity
  • casualty
  • cataclysm
  • catastrophe
  • chance
  • circumstance
  • collision
  • contingency
  • crack-up
  • crash
  • cropper
  • danger
  • deathblow
  • destiny
  • disaster
  • doom
  • fate
  • fender-bender
  • fluke
  • fortuitousness
  • fortuity
  • fortune
  • hap
  • haphazardry
  • happenchance
  • happening
  • happenstance
  • hazard
  • knock
  • lot
  • luck
  • misadventure
  • mischance
  • misfortune
  • mishap
  • occasion
  • occurrence
  • peril
  • pileup
  • randomness
  • rear-ender
  • risk
  • setback
  • smash
  • smash-up
  • smashup
  • stack-up
  • total
  • tragedy
  • turn
  • uncertainty
  • wreck

accompanied

  • abetted
  • advised
  • assisted
  • associated
  • attended
  • backed
  • befriended
  • bolstered
  • brought
  • chanced
  • chaperoned
  • co-occurred
  • coexisted
  • coincided
  • companied
  • companioned
  • concurred
  • conducted
  • consorted
  • convoyed
  • defended
  • encouraged
  • escorted
  • followed
  • guarded
  • guided
  • happed
  • happened
  • led
  • maintained
  • nursed
  • piloted
  • protected
  • relieved
  • saw
  • shadowed
  • squired
  • steered
  • subsidized
  • supported
  • sustained
  • synchronized
  • tagged
  • tagged along
  • tailed
  • taken care of
  • transpired
  • ushered
  • walked

accompanies

  • add
  • appear with
  • append
  • associate with
  • associates
  • attend
  • attends
  • be connected
  • belong to
  • brings
  • chances
  • chaperon
  • chaperones
  • chaperons
  • characterize
  • co-occur
  • co-occurs
  • coexist
  • coexists
  • coincide with
  • coincides
  • come along
  • come with
  • companies
  • companions
  • complete
  • concurs
  • conduct
  • conducts
  • consort
  • consorts
  • convoy
  • convoys
  • date
  • defends
  • dog
  • draft
  • drag
  • escort
  • escorts
  • follow
  • follows
  • go along
  • go together
  • guard
  • guards
  • guide
  • guides
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • happen with
  • happens
  • haps
  • join with
  • keep company
  • lead
  • leads
  • look after
  • occur with
  • pilots
  • protects
  • sees
  • shadow
  • shadows
  • shlep along
  • show about
  • show around
  • spook
  • squire
  • squires
  • steers
  • stick to
  • string along
  • supplement
  • synchronizes
  • tag along
  • tags
  • tags along
  • tailgate
  • tails
  • take out
  • take place with
  • transpires
  • usher
  • ushers
  • walks

accompany

  • add
  • appear with
  • append
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attend
  • be connected
  • belong to
  • bring
  • chance
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • characterize
  • co-occur
  • coexist
  • coincide
  • coincide with
  • come along
  • come with
  • companion
  • company
  • complete
  • concur
  • conduct
  • consort
  • convoy
  • date
  • defend
  • dog
  • draft
  • drag
  • escort
  • follow
  • go along
  • go together
  • guard
  • guide
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • hap
  • happen
  • happen with
  • join with
  • keep company
  • lead
  • look after
  • occur with
  • pilot
  • protect
  • see
  • shadow
  • shlep along
  • show about
  • show around
  • spook
  • squire
  • steer
  • stick to
  • string along
  • supplement
  • synchronize
  • tag
  • tag along
  • tail
  • tailgate
  • take out
  • take place with
  • transpire
  • usher
  • walk

accompanying

  • accidental
  • associated
  • associating
  • attendant
  • attending
  • bringing
  • casual
  • chance
  • chancing
  • chaperoning
  • co-occurring
  • coexistent
  • coexisting
  • coincident
  • coincidental
  • coinciding
  • collateral
  • companioning
  • companying
  • concomitant
  • concurrent
  • concurring
  • conducting
  • connected
  • consequent
  • consorting
  • contemporaneous
  • contemporary
  • convoying
  • defending
  • ensuing
  • escorting
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • following
  • fortuitous
  • freak
  • guarding
  • guiding
  • happening
  • happing
  • incident
  • incidental
  • leading
  • linked
  • piloting
  • protecting
  • related
  • resultant
  • resulting
  • seeing
  • shadowing
  • simultaneous
  • squiring
  • steering
  • subsequent
  • synchronizing
  • synchronous
  • tagging
  • tagging along
  • tailing
  • transpiring
  • ushering
  • walking
  • with

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