Thesaurus / happens
FEEDBACKsynonyms for happens
synonyms for happens
- appear
- arise
- arrive
- crop up
- develop
- fall
- go on
- hit
- materialize
- meet
- pass
- result
- take effect
- take place
- transpire
- befall
- betide
- bump
- chance
- down
- ensue
- eventuate
- follow
- issue
- light
- proceed
- recur
- shake
- smoke
- spring
- stumble
- supervene
- be found
- become a fact
- become known
- become of
- come about
- come after
- come into being
- come into existence
- come off
- luck
- present itself
- stumble upon
- turn out
- turn up
- what goes
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
TRY USING happens
See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.
How to use happens in a sentence
Any exaggeration into which a feeling of indignation happens to betray the accuser is instantly pounced upon.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThey generally give the impression that they don't even know who happens to be the President of the moment.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONIt's easy for a prisoner t' slip a note to a friend that happens t' be mountin' guard.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRIf God is all wise, and knows all that happens, will He not know what is for man's good better than man can tell Him?
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDWhat joker thought that would be a good name for an exploring ship I can't imagine, but it always happens that way.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFEYou thrust an unprotected young girl out of your house, because she happens to be dear to me!
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEOtherwise the pipes will speak a harmonic instead of the sound intended—as, indeed, frequently happens.
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDINGGEORGE LAING MILLERIf it so happens that you can insidiously mould a new party meanwhile, so much the better.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONIt rarely if ever happens, however, that the refuse offered for sale as a manure is pure.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSONIt often happens that two chasms converging separate a rock from the cliff.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER