occurs

The word “occurs” has 2 syllables: oc-curs

It's pronounced as /əˈkɜrz/


What is synonym and antonym for occurs?

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

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


Synonyms for occurs

  • action
  • appear
  • arise
  • arises
  • be found
  • be present
  • befall
  • befalls
  • betide
  • betides
  • breaks
  • chance
  • chances
  • come about
  • come off
  • come to one
  • come to pass
  • comes
  • comes about
  • comes down
  • comes off
  • comes to pass
  • comes up
  • cook
  • cooks
  • crop up
  • dawn on
  • develop
  • develops
  • does
  • ensue
  • eventualize
  • eventuate
  • exist
  • expose
  • falls out
  • flash
  • follow
  • follows
  • go
  • goes down
  • goes off
  • goes on
  • happens
  • haps
  • hit
  • intervenes
  • is
  • jell
  • manifest
  • materialize
  • materializes
  • obtain
  • offer itself
  • passes
  • present itself
  • proceeds
  • result
  • results
  • reveal
  • rises
  • shake
  • show
  • smoke
  • spring to mind
  • strike
  • suggest itself
  • take place
  • transpire
  • transpires
  • turn out
  • turn up
  • turns out

Antonyms for occurs

  • hide
  • lose
  • precede
  • stop

Meanings of occurs

  • 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 peak of flu season typically occurs during the winter months.
  • It is important to address the issue as soon as it occurs.
  • The phenomenon occurs regularly in this part of the world.
  • The possibility of errors occurs when data is not properly managed.
  • A power outage occurs when there's a disruption in the electrical supply.

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

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

Related Words

goes on

  • act
  • advance
  • arises
  • bear
  • befalls
  • behave
  • betides
  • blabbers
  • blabs
  • blithers
  • breaks
  • bumbles
  • burbles
  • carry on
  • chances
  • chats
  • chatters
  • come about
  • comes
  • comes about
  • comes down
  • comes off
  • comes to pass
  • comes up
  • comport
  • conduct
  • cooks
  • deport
  • develops
  • deviates
  • digresses
  • does
  • drivels
  • drools
  • endure
  • execute
  • falls out
  • follows
  • gabbles
  • gabs
  • gibbers
  • go ahead
  • goes down
  • goes off
  • hang on
  • happen
  • happens
  • haps
  • hold on
  • intervenes
  • is
  • jabbers
  • keep on
  • last
  • materializes
  • maunders
  • occur
  • occurs
  • passes
  • patters
  • persevere
  • persist
  • prates
  • prattles
  • proceed
  • proceeds
  • ramble
  • rambles
  • rattles
  • results
  • rises
  • runs on
  • sidetracks
  • stay
  • strays
  • take place
  • transpires
  • turns out
  • waffles
  • wanders

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

debuts

  • advents
  • alphas
  • appearances
  • appears
  • arises
  • arrivals
  • arrives
  • baselines
  • beginnings
  • births
  • blossoms
  • breaks
  • breaks out
  • bulks
  • comes
  • comes out
  • commencements
  • cradles
  • creations
  • dawns
  • day ones
  • drawing boards
  • emergences
  • emerges
  • erupts
  • first bases
  • fountainheads
  • fountains
  • geneses
  • germs
  • get-goes
  • git-goes
  • ground zeros
  • happens
  • inaugurations
  • inceptions
  • incipiences
  • incipiencies
  • initiations
  • institutions
  • issues
  • kickoffs
  • launches
  • looms
  • materializes
  • mornings
  • nascences
  • nascencies
  • occurs
  • onsets
  • openings
  • originations
  • origins
  • outcrops
  • outsets
  • premieres
  • reappears
  • rematerializes
  • resurfaces
  • rises
  • roots
  • seedbeds
  • shows
  • shows up
  • sources
  • springs
  • square ones
  • starts
  • surfaces
  • thresholds
  • turns up
  • unfolds
  • wells
  • wellsprings

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