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

fall

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • angle
  • arrive
  • back down
  • backslide
  • basin
  • be casualty
  • be destroyed
  • be killed
  • be lost
  • be precipitated
  • be taken
  • become
  • befall
  • belly flop
  • bend
  • bite the dust
  • bomb
  • bottom
  • bow
  • bow out
  • breach
  • break
  • break down
  • break the law
  • breakdown
  • breakup
  • buckle
  • burnout
  • buy it
  • buy the farm
  • cant
  • capitulate
  • capitulation
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • cave in
  • chance
  • check out
  • chute
  • cock
  • collapse
  • come about
  • come to pass
  • comedown
  • compress
  • concede
  • condense
  • constrict
  • consume
  • contract
  • crash
  • crater
  • croak
  • crumbling
  • crumple
  • curtailment
  • cut
  • cutback
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • death
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decease
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • declivity
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deduction
  • defeat
  • defer to
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demise
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • dent
  • depart
  • depletion
  • depreciate
  • depreciation
  • depression
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • die
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disappear
  • disappointment
  • disaster
  • disgrace
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • dive
  • down
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downhill
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • downward slope
  • drag
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop down
  • drop-off
  • dry up
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • eat dirt
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • end
  • err
  • evaporate
  • exit
  • expire
  • fade
  • fail
  • failure
  • fall away
  • fall from grace
  • fall to pieces
  • falling-off
  • falloff
  • falter
  • flag
  • flameout
  • flatline
  • flop
  • flume
  • flump
  • flunk
  • fold
  • fold up
  • forfeit
  • founder
  • free-fall
  • give in
  • give out
  • give up
  • give up the ghost
  • give way
  • go
  • go down
  • go under
  • gravitate
  • hand over
  • hang
  • hanging
  • havoc
  • header
  • heel
  • hit the dirt
  • hollow
  • humiliation
  • incline
  • infringe
  • keel
  • keel over
  • kick in
  • kick off
  • kick the bucket
  • knuckle under
  • land
  • lapse
  • lean
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • lie down
  • list
  • lose
  • loss
  • lower
  • lowering
  • meltdown
  • mess up
  • miss
  • misstep
  • moderate
  • nadir
  • nose-dive
  • nosedive
  • obey
  • occur
  • offend
  • pall
  • part
  • pass away
  • pass into enemy hands
  • peg out
  • perish
  • phase down
  • pitch
  • plonk
  • plop
  • plummet
  • plummeting
  • plunge
  • plunk
  • pop off
  • pratfall
  • precipitate
  • predecease
  • recede
  • recession
  • recline
  • reduction
  • regress
  • relapse
  • relax
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • remit
  • resign
  • resignation
  • retreat
  • retrenchment
  • reversal
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sag
  • setback
  • settle
  • shoot
  • shortening
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • shute
  • sin
  • sink
  • sinking
  • skid
  • slacken
  • slant
  • slide
  • slip
  • slope
  • slump
  • snuff it
  • spill
  • spin
  • spoiling
  • step out
  • step-down
  • stray
  • strike out
  • stumble
  • submit
  • subside
  • subtraction
  • succumb
  • sunset
  • surrender
  • take a header
  • take place
  • take the count
  • tank
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw
  • tilt
  • tip
  • tip over
  • topple
  • totter
  • trail
  • transgress
  • trespass
  • trip
  • tumble
  • undoing
  • vanish
  • violate
  • wander
  • wane
  • wash out
  • waterfall
  • weaken
  • white water
  • wipe out
  • yield

fall out

  • afterclap
  • aftereffect
  • afterglow
  • aftermath
  • aftershock
  • altercate
  • argue
  • argufy
  • backwash
  • bandy words
  • befall
  • bicker
  • blowback
  • brabble
  • brawl
  • butt heads
  • by-product
  • cavil
  • challenge
  • chance
  • child
  • clash
  • come out
  • conclusion
  • consequence
  • consider
  • contend
  • contest
  • controvert
  • corollary
  • dare
  • debate
  • defy
  • denouement
  • develop
  • development
  • differ
  • disagree
  • discuss
  • dispute
  • echo
  • effect
  • emerge
  • evolve
  • fate
  • fight
  • fruit
  • fuss
  • germinate
  • happen
  • hassle
  • implication
  • issue
  • jar
  • kick
  • lock horns
  • mix it up
  • nitpick
  • object
  • occur
  • offshoot
  • outcome
  • outgrowth
  • pan out
  • play out
  • precipitate
  • product
  • protest
  • prove
  • quarrel
  • quibble
  • ramification
  • repercussion
  • result
  • resultant
  • ripple
  • row
  • scrap
  • sequel
  • sequence
  • shake out
  • side effect
  • side reaction
  • spar
  • spat
  • spin-off
  • squabble
  • take place
  • tangle
  • tiff
  • turn out
  • unfold
  • upshot
  • work out
  • wrangle

kick off

  • acquaint
  • admit
  • adopt
  • advance
  • advent
  • air
  • alpha
  • announce
  • appear
  • appearance
  • arise
  • arrival
  • assume
  • baseline
  • be born
  • become involved in
  • begin
  • begin business
  • beginning
  • birth
  • bite the dust
  • bow
  • break in
  • break the ice
  • break the seal
  • bring forward
  • bring in
  • bring out
  • bring up
  • broach
  • bud
  • buy it
  • buy the farm
  • carry on
  • cease living
  • check out
  • childhood
  • come forth
  • come into being
  • come into existence
  • come out
  • come out with
  • come up with
  • commence
  • commencement
  • commission
  • consume
  • continue
  • convene
  • cradle
  • create
  • creation
  • croak
  • crop up
  • dawn
  • dawning
  • day one
  • debut
  • decease
  • dedicate
  • demise
  • depart
  • derive from
  • die
  • disappear
  • do the honors
  • drawing board
  • dream up
  • drop
  • dry up
  • emanate
  • embark
  • embark on
  • embark upon
  • embrace
  • emerge
  • emergence
  • end
  • engage in
  • enter
  • enter upon
  • espouse
  • establish
  • exit
  • expire
  • fade
  • fail
  • fall
  • familiarize
  • father
  • first base
  • fix up
  • flatline
  • follow through
  • found
  • founding
  • fountain
  • fountainhead
  • generate
  • genesis
  • germ
  • germinate
  • get ball rolling
  • get cracking
  • get feet wet
  • get going
  • get off
  • get show on road
  • get things rolling
  • get to
  • get under way
  • get-go
  • get-together
  • git-go
  • give introduction
  • give up the ghost
  • go
  • go on
  • ground zero
  • grow out of
  • happen
  • harbinger
  • herald
  • hit the ground running
  • inaugurate
  • inauguration
  • inception
  • incipience
  • incipiency
  • induct
  • infancy
  • initiate
  • initiation
  • innovate
  • install
  • instate
  • instigate
  • institute
  • institution
  • intro
  • introduce
  • invent
  • invest
  • issue forth
  • jump
  • jump into
  • kick in
  • kick the bucket
  • knock down
  • launch
  • lead into
  • lead off
  • make tick
  • make up
  • meet
  • moot
  • morning
  • nascence
  • nascency
  • occur
  • offer
  • onset
  • open
  • open up
  • opening
  • ordain
  • organize
  • origin
  • originate
  • origination
  • outset
  • part
  • pass away
  • pass on
  • pave the way
  • peg out
  • perish
  • pick up
  • pioneer
  • plan
  • pop off
  • precede
  • predecease
  • preface
  • present
  • proceed
  • proceed from
  • propose
  • push up daisies
  • put forward
  • raise the curtain
  • recommence
  • recommend
  • renew
  • reopen
  • restart
  • result from
  • resume
  • ring in
  • rise
  • root
  • sail
  • seedbed
  • send off
  • set
  • set about
  • set forth
  • set going
  • set in motion
  • set to
  • set up
  • set up shop
  • sit
  • snuff it
  • source
  • spawn
  • spring
  • spring with
  • sprout
  • square one
  • start
  • start ball rolling
  • start the ball rolling
  • stem from
  • step out
  • submit
  • succumb
  • suggest
  • tackle
  • take in
  • take off
  • take on
  • take up
  • tear into
  • tee off
  • threshold
  • trigger
  • undertake
  • unveil
  • usher
  • usher in
  • ventilate
  • well
  • wellspring
  • youth

came about

came off

  • arose
  • befall
  • befell
  • betide
  • betided
  • bore fruit
  • break
  • broke
  • came
  • came about
  • came down
  • came to pass
  • came up
  • caught fire
  • caught on
  • chance
  • chanced
  • click
  • clicked
  • come about
  • cooked
  • delivered
  • delivered the goods
  • develop
  • developed
  • did
  • did the trick
  • fell out
  • flourished
  • followed
  • go
  • go off
  • go over
  • hap
  • happed
  • happen
  • happened
  • intervened
  • materialized
  • occur
  • occurred
  • pan out
  • panned out
  • passed
  • percolated
  • proceeded
  • prospered
  • prove out
  • resulted
  • rose
  • succeed
  • succeeded
  • take place
  • thrived
  • throve
  • transpired
  • turned out
  • was
  • went
  • went down
  • went like clockwork
  • went off
  • went on
  • went over
  • worked out

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