📖 Definitions of "Come upon"
verb
- 1
To discover or find, especially by chance or accident.
"We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking."
- 2
To befall; to affect; to happen to.
"I pray no harm will come upon you."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Come upon"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| happen uponverb | To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across. |
| chance uponverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance. |
| luck intoverb | (transitive, informal) To find by chance, to chance upon. |
| chance onverb | Alternative form of chance upon. [(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.] |
| discoververb | (transitive) To find or learn something for the first time. |
| come acrossverb | (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like] |
| strikenoun | (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. |
| light uponverb | To find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident. |
| enter uponverb | take possession of |
| happen acrossverb | To find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something). |
| findverb | (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. |
| stumble uponverb | (figuratively) To discover or find something by accident. |
| stumble acrossverb | (transitive) To discover or find (something) by accident. |
| run acrossverb | (idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across. |
| stumble onverb | (intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To discover or find something by accident. |
| stumble againstverb | (figuratively) To discover or find something by accident. |
| happenverb | (intransitive) To occur or take place. |
| happen onverb | to find by chance |
| come byverb | (transitive) To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily. |
| happen alongverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance. |
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