Synonyms of occur
10 similar words
Another word for occur is happen. Other synonyms of occur are belimp, appear, arise, come up and hit.
Synonyms and similar words for occur
verbTo happen or take place.
- belimp obsolete
verbTo come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
verbMore synonyms
- come to passTo happen; to occur.
- happenTo occur or take place.
- take placeTo happen or to occur.
- betide obsoleteChiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
- betime obsoleteTo occur; betide.
Meaning of occur
- verb To happen or take place.
- verb To present or offer itself.
- verb To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.
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Questions about synonyms of occur
- What is another word for occur?
- Occur has 10 synonyms on Word.ws, such as happen, belimp, appear, arise, come up, hit, come to pass and take place.
- What does occur mean?
- Occur means to happen or take place.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: occur (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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