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alight upon

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Synonyms for alight upon

verb happen upon
  • bear
  • bump into
  • come across
  • come upon
  • confront
  • detect
  • experience
  • face
  • find
  • meet
  • run into
  • suffer
  • turn up
  • close
  • descry
  • espy
  • front
  • sustain
  • undergo
  • alight upon
  • chance upon
  • cross the path
  • fall in with
  • hit upon
  • meet up with
  • rub eyeballs
  • run across
  • run smack into

Antonyms for alight upon

  • avoid
  • dodge
  • lose
  • miss
  • pass by
  • refuse
  • evade
  • let go
  • retreat
  • run away
  • surrender
  • yield
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to alight upon

encounter

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encountered

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encountering

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encounters

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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.