Thesaurus:come into being
English
Verb
(intransitive)
Sense: to start to exist
Synonyms
- appear [⇒ thesaurus] (figuratively)
- arise
- be born
- become
- rise
- come into being (idiomatic)
- emerge (figuratively)
- engender
- form [⇒ thesaurus]
- get up
- inform [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
- materialize
- originate
- pop up (idiomatic)
- spring [⇒ thesaurus]
- spring to life (idiomatic)
- spring up
- surface
- take form
- take shape (often figuratively)
- upspring
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Hypernyms
See also
- Thesaurus:create (transitive)
- Thesaurus:happen
Further reading
- “1. existence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “come into being” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.