COME OUT Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

come out

verb

Definition of come out

as in to prove

to come to be in the end everything came out OK

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Relevance

as in to appear

to come into view come out, come out wherever you are!

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as in to spread

to become known when the truth came out about the state of the company's finances, several top executives lost their jobs

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Recent Examples of come out The full album is coming out on December 4, which will give everybody something fun to listen to instead of Christmas carols. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Flair came out of the tunnel to cheering fans at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Total Charger sales came out to 3,679 units, which means that just 233 examples of the all-electric Daytona model were sold. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2026 The American release came out in May 1980, while the international release followed later that summer, so Kubrick had time to alter the film. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come out

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Verb

Finding people at high risk of incubating the Bundibugyo virus, also known as contact tracing, has proved difficult in Congo.

— CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Finding people at high risk of incubating the Bundibugyo virus — also known as contact tracing — has proved difficult in Congo.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of prove

Verb

Europe in particular appears vulnerable to increasing borrowing costs, with inflation in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain all exceeding analysts’ expectations.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Hayoun said the co-pilot appeared to be trying to damage the plane's controls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of appear

Verb

Autumn marks the beginning of the annual flu season, when more people begin to congregate indoors and viruses spread faster.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
The predominant suites—all of which have generous outdoor space—are spread across four buildings whose Indonesian names translate to mountain, hill, plateau and valley.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

Stats show travel retail stores are being mined for discovery and unforgettable memories, with 86 percent of people wanting exclusive beauty offers in the channel, according to L’Oréal.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
The scale of the award also shows where the manufacturing bottleneck can sit inside a missile program.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of show

Verb

Explore See latest videos, charts and news Members of Bryan’s band were also spotted in matching shirts, according to TMZ, with fan footage of the moment quickly circulating on social media.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
Murmurs have circulated among California state workers about bedbugs returning to the Department of Education’s headquarters, where an infestation this summer resulted in employees temporarily working from home.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulate

Verb

Chaos unfolds as 24 celebrities head to a lakeside cabin to compete in a lineup of bonkers challenges.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
On this day in 1960, one of the most shocking and iconic Cold War moments unfolded when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brandished and banged his shoe at the United Nations.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfold

Verb

Here was my chance to get out of London, this counterfeit of death with its everywhere rage and its moribund culture and its smug population and its streets steeped in resentment and the sky pressing down like a chloroform rag.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Two immigration officers get out of a truck, their faces covered, and one orders Good to get out of the car.

— Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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