occurred

The word “occurred” has 2 syllables: oc-curred

It's pronounced as /əˈkɜːrd/


What is synonym and antonym for occurred?

In the thesaurus, “occurred” has 73 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for occurred

  • action
  • appear
  • arise
  • arose
  • be found
  • be present
  • befall
  • befell
  • betide
  • betided
  • broke
  • came
  • came about
  • came down
  • came off
  • came to pass
  • came up
  • chance
  • chanced
  • come about
  • come off
  • come to one
  • come to pass
  • cook
  • cooked
  • crop up
  • dawn on
  • develop
  • developed
  • did
  • ensue
  • eventualize
  • eventuate
  • exist
  • expose
  • fell out
  • flash
  • follow
  • followed
  • go
  • happed
  • happened
  • hit
  • intervened
  • jell
  • manifest
  • materialize
  • materialized
  • obtain
  • offer itself
  • passed
  • present itself
  • proceeded
  • result
  • resulted
  • reveal
  • rose
  • shake
  • show
  • smoke
  • spring to mind
  • strike
  • suggest itself
  • take place
  • transpire
  • transpired
  • turn out
  • turn up
  • turned out
  • was
  • went down
  • went off
  • went on

Antonyms for occurred

  • hide
  • lose
  • precede
  • stop

Meanings of occurred

  • 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

  • The accident occurred on the highway during rush hour.
  • He couldn't remember where the idea had occurred to him.
  • An unexpected error occurred during the software update process.
  • The meeting occurred without any major disruptions.
  • It suddenly occurred to her that she had forgotten her keys.

On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to occurred, such as: action, appear, arise, arose, be found, be present, befall.

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

Related Words

came

came about

came down

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

came out

  • appear
  • appeared
  • arose
  • arrived
  • be announced
  • be brought out
  • be disclosed
  • be divulged
  • be exposed
  • be issued
  • be made known
  • be promulgated
  • be published
  • be released
  • be reported
  • be revealed
  • blossomed
  • break
  • broke
  • broke out
  • bulked
  • came
  • circulated
  • dawned
  • debut
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  • developed
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  • emerged
  • end
  • erupted
  • evolved
  • fell out
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  • get out
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  • out
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  • panned out
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  • proved
  • reappeared
  • rematerialized
  • result
  • resurfaced
  • revealed
  • rose
  • shook out
  • showed
  • showed up
  • spilled
  • spilt
  • spread
  • surfaced
  • terminate
  • told
  • transpire
  • transpired
  • turned out
  • turned up
  • unfolded
  • worked out

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