come out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of COME OUT

to come to be <in the end everything came out OK>

Synonyms fall out, pan out, prove, shake out, turn out

Related Words develop, emerge, evolve, germinate, play out, unfold, work out

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

Synonyms come out, materialize, show, show up, turn up, unfold

Related Words reappear, resurface; bulk, loom; arrive, come; dawn, debut; arise, blossom, bob (up), break, break out, crop (up), emerge, erupt, issue, outcrop, rise, shoot (up), spring (up), surface; happen, occur; reappear, rematerialize

Near Antonyms depart, leave, retire, withdraw

Antonyms clear, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, go (away), melt (away), vanish

to become known <if the truth of his sexuality ever came out, the actor's career would be ruined>

Synonyms break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get round, leak (out), out, spread

Related Words develop, transpire, unfold; disclose, reveal, spill, tell

Near Antonyms hush (up), suppress; conceal, disguise, hide, mask; secrete

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