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| Main Entry: | happen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; occur |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, befall, betide, bump, chance, come about, come off, develop, down, ensue, eventuate, fall, follow, go on, hit, issue, light, luck, materialize, meet, pass, proceed, recur, result, shake, smoke*, spring, stumble, transpire, turn out, turn up, be found, become a fact, become known, become of, come after, come into being, come into existence, crop up, present itself, stumble upon, supervene, take effect, take place, what goes |
| Notes: | happen means to come to pass or occur; transpire means to come to be known or come to light |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, commence, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, spring, start, stem, come to light, crop up, set in |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
| Synonyms: | action, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, go, go down, happen, jell*, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, transpire, bechance, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, gel, hap, supervene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, bud, come out, commence, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, happen, occur, originate, rise, sail, set, spring, sprout, start, take off, be born, come forth, come into existence, crop up, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, issue forth, kick off, make tick, proceed from, result from, send off, stem from |
| Antonyms: | die, end |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, approach |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, attain, become, burst, buzz*, check in*, drop in, enter, flare*, get, get in, happen, hit, materialize, move, near, occur, originate, reach, show, show up, turn out, turn up, be accessible, be at disposal, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, blow in*, bob up, breeze in, clock in, close in, draw near, fall by, fall in, hit town, make it, make the scene, move toward, pop in*, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, roll in*, sign in, sky in, spring in, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave, recede, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transpire |
| Synonyms: | befall, betide, break, chance, click, come about, develop, go, go off, go over, happen, occur, pan out, succeed, hap, prove out, take place |
| Antonyms: | not happen |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; occur |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arise, befall, betide, break, break out, breed, chance, come about, come off, commence, contract, ensue, establish, follow, form, generate, go, happen, invest, originate, pick up, result, start, transpire |
| Antonyms: | cease, discontinue, end, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | eventuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a consequence |
| Synonyms: | befall, come about, end, ensue, follow, happen, issue, occur, result, stop, terminate, be consequent, come to pass, eventualize, take place |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be living |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be extant, be latent, be present |
| Antonyms: | die |
| Main Entry: | fall out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass |
| Synonyms: | befall, chance, happen, occur, result, turn out, take place |
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along; turn out |
| Synonyms: | advance, do, get by, get on, go, handle, happen, hie, journey, make out, manage, muddle through, pass, proceed, progress, prosper, prove, shift, stagger, make headway |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, work towards an end |
| Synonyms: | avail, befall, chance, come, concur, develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, incline, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, result, serve, tend, transpire, turn, turn out, wax*, work out, conduce, lead to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explode |
| Synonyms: | befall, blow, blow up, burst, detonate, discharge, fire, happen, mushroom, occur, pass, take place |
| Main Entry: | go on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue |
| Synonyms: | act, advance, bear, behave, carry on, come about, conduct, deport, endure, execute, go ahead, hang on, happen, last, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, ramble, stay, comport, hold on, keep on, take place |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | materialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being |
| Synonyms: | actualize, appear, coalesce, come about, develop, embody, emerge, evolve, happen, manifest, metamorphose, objectify, occur, personify, realize, substantiate, symbolize, turn up, typify, unfold, visualize, be incarnate, be realized, become concrete, become real, become visual, come to pass, corporealize, entify, exteriorize, externalize, hypostatize, make real, personalize, personize, pragmatize, reify, substantialize, take form, take place, take shape |
| Main Entry: | overtake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch; pass |
| Synonyms: | beat, befall, better, come upon, engulf, happen, hit, outdistance, outdo, outstrip, overhaul, overwhelm, reach, strike, catch up with, gain on, get past, get to, leave behind, take by surprise |
| Antonyms: | fall behind |
| Main Entry: | pan out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to pass; succeed |
| Synonyms: | click*, come out*, culminate, eventuate, go, go over*, happen, net*, result, turn out, work out, yield, prove out |
| Antonyms: | fail, not happen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by, elapse; move onward |
| Synonyms: | befall, catch, come off, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, get ahead, give, glide, go, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run out, transpire, travel, wend, blow past, come to pass, fly by, glide by, go past, push on, run by, slip away, take place |
| Antonyms: | get, take, use |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become apparent |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, befall, begin, betide, chance, come, dawn, derive, develop, emanate, emerge, eventuate, fall out*, flow, go, happen, head, issue, loom, occur, originate, proceed, spring, stem, surface, transpire, turn up*, crop up, flare up |
| Antonyms: | decline, recede, regress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | work out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; satisfy |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, arrange, attain, bring off, clear, come out, complete, compromise, construct, contrive, develop, devise, elaborate, evolve, find out, finish, fix, form, formulate, go, handle, happen, manipulate, pan out*, plan, prosper, pull off*, put together, resolve, result, succeed, swing*, turn out, up, win, be effective, come to terms, figure out, get something done, go well, reach agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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