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come on

verb

1 come on

Appear or become visible; make a showing.

synonyms: come out, show up, surface, turn up.

Roget 63: succeed; come after, come on, come next; follow, ensue, step into the shoes of; alternate.    place after, suffix, append.   

Roget 716: attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.    assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; ... show more

Roget 151: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, ... show more

Dutch: flirten, goed groeien

2 come on

Move towards.

synonyms: approach, come near, draw close, draw near, go up, near.

Roget 152: impend; hang over, lie over; threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face; foreordain, preordain; predestine, doom, have in store for.    ... show more

Roget 121: look forwards; anticipate etc. (expect) 507, (foresee) 510; forestall etc. (be early) 132.    come on, draw on; draw near; ... show more

3 come on

Develop in a positive way.

synonyms: advance, come along, get along, get on, progress, shape up.

Dutch: de vorm aannemen, vooruitgaan, vooruitkomen, vorderen

4 come on

Start running, functioning, or operating.

synonyms: come up, go on.

Dutch: aangaan, gaan

5 come on

Occur or become available.


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 ... show more.

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