CAME OUT Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

came out

verb

past tense of come out

as in proved

to come to be in the end everything came out OK

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as in appeared

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

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as in 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 came out Dries Van Noten just came out with a new print for its refillable lipstick case called Tiger Ink. — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026 The War Raiders By Disqualification R-Truth came out in a beautiful Micah Parsons jersey. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 When the news of Platner’s Nazi tattoo came out, Jackson stood with Platner. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026 Cameron came out of the bullpen for the first time in his career. — Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 The committee’s first vote, on BPC-157, came out in favor of widening access to the peptide. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 24 July 2026 Around the same time that Birman’s book came out, a pair of mathematicians showed that the three-strand group was also faithful. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 The ‌residents came out to confront them and the settlers opened fire, Saifi said. — Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 2026 The most recent version of the COVID vaccine came out in September. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

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Verb

What ultimately proved effective at stopping this was not necessarily the convergence of technology and lessons learned, but a proactive rather than reactive strategy towards stopping intrusions.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Trump’s endorsement proved pivotal for Masterson, securing his status as the presumptive front-runner in the primary race.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of proved

Verb

Spoon about 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture in the center of each square, and spread slightly to fill the smaller square while maintaining the border.

— Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
As the first reports and videos of migrants reaching Ceuta spread on social media, more people headed north in hopes of reaching European Union territory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

The employee fell out of the moving train's door and was injured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
The Lynx used the savings on what Howard makes relative to her production to sign another starting-level forward in Coffey, who fell out of the rotation with the Atlanta Dream.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of fell out

Verb

Quixotic aerialists twisted, turned and unfolded above the crowd, using flowing fabric and butterfly-inspired movements to mirror the creatures being celebrated.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Thaw the dough just until it can be unfolded, then immediately cut.

— Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfolded

Verb

As news of his death circulated online, celebrities and fans alike mourned Pastore’s loss on social media.

— Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
In New Jersey, Uber lobbyists have circulated legislation that would require human drivers to carry out 85% of all rideshare work on all platforms offering robotaxi services over the next three years.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of circulated

Verb

And defunct iIndustry supplied artistic entrepreneurs with adaptable real-estate discards, like London’s Bankside Power Station, which evolved into Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
As Pearl Jam evolved from a small group of friends in Seattle to one of the most impactful bands of their generation, founding member and bassist Jeff Ament began photographing their time backstage, in the studio, and on the road.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026

Definition of evolved

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Google researcher Craig Gidney showed in May 2025 that breaking RSA-2048 might take fewer than a million qubits, a twentyfold cut from his own 2019 figure.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

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