COME (TO) Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

Definition of come (to)

as in to count (up to)

to have a total of your bill comes to $53.74

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Relevance

as in to correspond (to)

to be the same in meaning or effect it all comes to nothing in the end

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as in to occur (to)

to enter the mind of the actual name of the item didn't come to me until I was walking out of the store

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come to

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verb (2)

as in to come around

to gain consciousness again after being in a coma for months, the patient quite unexpectedly came to

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Police said groups numbering from several hundred to more than 1,000 people formed unauthorized marches across central Paris on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Autograph tickets will be numbered, with fans who purchase earlier receiving priority placement in line, the store said.

— Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of number

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Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Berlin said the would-be robbery victim who fired the shot that struck Jamerson and killed Hill will not face felony charges.

— Lauren Victory, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of strike

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Palacios scored and when DeLauter allowed the ball under his glove, Walls came around from second.

— Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
The practical point is that an assumption behind a decision can change outside your organization, sometimes before your own approval cycle comes around again.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of come around

Verb

Raphaëlle, meanwhile, is recovering after a long rehabilitation and must confront the loss of her mobility, which prevents her from conducting investigations with her former energy.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The stocks have recovered a bit since then and were trading up on Tuesday.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of recover

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