'come on' definitions:
Definition of 'come on'
(from WordNet)
verb
Appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again" [syn: come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up]
verb
Move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near]
verb
Develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress]
verb
Start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" [syn: go on, come up, come on] [ant: go off]
verb
Occur or become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"
Synonyms of 'come on'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accost,
- achieve success,
- advance,
- alight upon,
- allurement,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- anticipate,
- appear,
- approach,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- arise,
- arrive,
- await,
- bait,
- baited trap,
- be a success,
- be destined,
- be fated,
- be imminent,
- be in store,
- be so,
- be such,
- be to be,
- be to come,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up,
- blunder upon,
- break through,
- brew,
- bump into,
- bunco steerer,
- butt,
- c,
- chance,
- chance upon,
- charm,
- cheat,
- chump,
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come across,
- come after,
- come along,
- come closer,
- come forth,
- come forward,
- come into being,
- come into existence,
- come near,
- come out,
- come through,
- come up,
- come up against,
- come upon,
- con man,
- confidence man,
- confront,
- contrive,
- cover ground,
- crop up,
- cut a swath,
- cut the mustard,
- decoy,
- decoy duck,
- develop,
- discover serendipitously,
- do well,
- double-dealer,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- draw on,
- drawcard,
- drawing card,
- dupe,
- encounter,
- endearment,
- engineer,
- enjoy prosperity,
- ensue,
- enticement,
- expect,
- face,
- fall guy,
- fall in with,
- fare,
- farewell,
- flimflammer,
- follow,
- foresee,
- foretell,
- forthcome,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- gain upon,
- gather,
- gather head,
- gather way,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- get on swimmingly,
- get on well,
- get there,
- go,
- go after,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go far,
- go fast,
- go forward,
- go on,
- go places,
- go well,
- graduate,
- ground bait,
- grow better,
- gull,
- gypper,
- hack it,
- hang over,
- happen upon,
- have it made,
- hit upon,
- hook,
- hope,
- hover,
- impend,
- improve,
- inherit,
- inveiglement,
- lie ahead,
- lie over,
- light upon,
- look for,
- look forward to,
- look up,
- loom,
- lower,
- lure,
- make a breakthrough,
- make a success,
- make good,
- make good time,
- make head against,
- make headway,
- make it,
- make out,
- make progress,
- make progress against,
- make strides,
- make the grade,
- make the scene,
- make up leeway,
- manage,
- manage somehow,
- mark,
- materialize,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- meliorate,
- menace,
- mend,
- move,
- move forward,
- muddle through,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- negotiate,
- overhang,
- pass along,
- pass on,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pigeon,
- plan,
- plot,
- pop up,
- predict,
- present itself,
- proceed,
- progress,
- project,
- prophesy,
- prosper,
- proximate,
- put over,
- put through,
- rise,
- rogue,
- roll,
- run across,
- run into,
- run up against,
- sap,
- scrape along,
- seducement,
- shape up,
- show improvement,
- show up,
- sidle up to,
- skyrocket,
- snare,
- spring up,
- stack up,
- stem,
- step forward,
- step up,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- succeed,
- succeed in,
- sucker,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- take off,
- temptation,
- threaten,
- trap,
- travel,
- trickster,
- tumble on,
- turn out,
- turn out well,
- turn up,
- worry along
Words containing 'come on'
- Come,
- Comely,
- Comes,
- Coming,
- Coming in,
- To come,
- To come about,
- To come after,
- To come again,
- To come at,
- To come between,
- To come by,
- To come down,
- To come in,
- To come in for,
- To come into,
- To come it,
- To come it over,
- To come of,
- To come off,
- To come off by,
- To come off from,
- To come on,
- To come out,
- To come out with,
- To come over,
- To come over to,
- To come to,
- To come under,
- To come up,
- To come up to,
- To come up with,
- come about,
- come after,
- come again,
- come at,
- come before,
- come between,
- come by,
- come down,
- come down on,
- come in,
- come in for,
- come into,
- come into being,
- come of,
- come off,
- come out,
- come over,
- come through,
- come to,
- come up,
- come up against,
- come up to,
- come with,
- coming out,
- have it coming,
- To come abroad,
- To come across,
- To come and go,
- To come away,
- To come down upon,
- To come home,
- To come honestly by,
- To come into play,
- To come near,
- To come near to,
- To come nigh,
- To come round,
- To come short,
- To come to a head,
- To come to blows,
- To come to grief,
- To come to hand,
- To come to light,
- To come to pass,
- To come to the front,
- To come to the ground,
- To come to the scratch,
- To come to time,
- To come together,
- To come true,
- To come up the capstan,
- To come upon,
- To go and come,
- bid come,
- come across,
- come alive,
- come along,
- come and go,
- come apart,
- come around,
- come away,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come clean,
- come close,
- come forth,
- come forward,
- come hither,
- come home,
- come in handy,
- come near,
- come of age,
- come out of the closet,
- come round,
- come short,
- come to grips,
- come to hand,
- come to life,
- come to light,
- come to mind,
- come to nothing,
- come to pass,
- come to terms,
- come to the fore,
- come together,
- come true,
- come upon,
- come what may,
- come-on,
- coming and going,
- coming attraction,
- coming back,
- coming into court,
- coming of christ,
- coming together,
- coming upon,
- kingdom come,
- second coming,
- time to come,
- up-and-coming,
- when the time comes,
- All is grist that comes to his mill,
- Come-along,
- Come-outer,
- To come in at the hawse holes,
- To come off with flying colors,
- To come one's way,
- To come or draw to a head,
- To come to one's self,
- To come up the tackle fall,
- come hither look,
- come-at-able,
- home-coming,
- second coming of christ,
- whatever may come,
- come hell or high water,
- un-come-at-able,
- first-come-first-serve,
- first-come-first-served