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come on

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  • noun Alternative form of come-on.
  • verb Used other than as an idiom: see come,‎ on.
  • verb intransitive, idiomatic To show sexual or relational interest through words or sometimes actions
  • verb intransitive To appear on a television broadcast.
  • verb intransitive To progress, to develop
  • verb intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, UK To get one's period, start menstruating.
  • verb transitive To encounter, discover; to come upon.
  • verb sports To enter the playing field.
  • interjection An expression of encouragement.
  • interjection An expression of disbelief.
  • interjection hurry up

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb occur or become available
  • verb start running, functioning, or operating
  • verb appear or become visible; make a showing
  • verb move towards
  • verb develop in a positive way

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synonyms (235)

Words with the same meaning

  1. accost
  2. achieve success
  3. advance
  4. alight upon
  5. allurement
  6. ameliorate
  7. amend
  8. anticipate
  9. appear
  10. approach
  11. appropinquate
  12. approximate
  13. arise
  14. arrive
  15. await
  16. bait
  17. baited trap
  18. be a success
  19. be destined
  20. be fated
  21. be imminent
  22. be in store
  23. be so
  24. be such
  25. be to be
  26. be to come
  27. bear down on
  28. bear down upon
  29. bear up
  30. blunder upon
  31. break through
  32. brew
  33. bump into
  34. bunco steerer
  35. butt
  36. c
  37. c'mon
  38. chance
  39. chance upon
  40. charm
  41. cheat
  42. chump
  43. clear
  44. clear the hurdle
  45. close
  46. close in
  47. close with
  48. come
  49. come across
  50. come after
  51. come along
  52. come closer
  53. come forth
  54. come forward
  55. come into being
  56. come into existence
  57. come near
  58. come off it
  59. come out
  60. come through
  61. come up
  62. come up against
  63. come upon
  64. con man
  65. confidence man
  66. confront
  67. contrive
  68. cover ground
  69. crop up
  70. cut a swath
  71. cut the mustard
  72. decoy
  73. decoy duck
  74. develop
  75. discover serendipitously
  76. do well
  77. double-dealer
  78. draw near
  79. draw nigh
  80. draw on
  81. drawcard
  82. drawing card
  83. dupe
  84. encounter
  85. endearment
  86. engineer
  87. enjoy prosperity
  88. ensue
  89. enticement
  90. expect
  91. face
  92. fall guy
  93. fall in with
  94. fare
  95. farewell
  96. flimflammer
  97. follow
  98. foresee
  99. foretell
  100. forthcome
  101. gain
  102. gain ground
  103. gain upon
  104. gather
  105. gather head
  106. gather way
  107. get ahead
  108. get along
  109. get by
  110. get on
  111. get on swimmingly
  112. get on well
  113. get there
  114. go
  115. go after
  116. go ahead
  117. go along
  118. go far
  119. go fast
  120. go forward
  121. go on
  122. go places
  123. go well
  124. graduate
  125. ground bait
  126. grow better
  127. gull
  128. gypper
  129. hack it
  130. hang over
  131. happen upon
  132. have it made
  133. hit upon
  134. hook
  135. hope
  136. hover
  137. impend
  138. improve
  139. inherit
  140. inveiglement
  141. lie ahead
  142. lie over
  143. light upon
  144. look for
  145. look forward to
  146. look up
  147. loom
  148. lower
  149. lure
  150. make a breakthrough
  151. make a success
  152. make good
  153. make good time
  154. make head against
  155. make headway
  156. make it
  157. make out
  158. make progress
  159. make progress against
  160. make strides
  161. make the grade
  162. make the scene
  163. make up leeway
  164. manage
  165. manage somehow
  166. mark
  167. materialize
  168. meet up with
  169. meet with
  170. meliorate
  171. menace
  172. mend
  173. move
  174. move forward
  175. muddle through
  176. narrow the gap
  177. near
  178. negotiate
  179. overhang
  180. pass along
  181. pass on
  182. perk up
  183. pick up
  184. pigeon
  185. plan
  186. plot
  187. pop up
  188. predict
  189. present itself
  190. proceed
  191. progress
  192. project
  193. prophesy
  194. prosper
  195. proximate
  196. put over
  197. put through
  198. rise
  199. rogue
  200. roll
  201. run across
  202. run into
  203. run up against
  204. sap
  205. scrape along
  206. seducement
  207. shape up
  208. show improvement
  209. show up
  210. sidle up to
  211. skyrocket
  212. snare
  213. spring up
  214. stack up
  215. stem
  216. step forward
  217. step up
  218. stumble on
  219. stumble upon
  220. succeed
  221. succeed in
  222. sucker
  223. swing
  224. swing the deal
  225. take off
  226. temptation
  227. threaten
  228. trap
  229. travel
  230. trickster
  231. tumble on
  232. turn out
  233. turn out well
  234. turn up
  235. worry along

hypernyms (11)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. appear
  2. begin
  3. commence
  4. get
  5. get down
  6. get going
  7. go
  8. set about
  9. setout
  10. start
  11. start out

forms (1)

Forms

  1. come on to

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. hit on

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