Synonyms of come by

come by

verb

1

as in to visit

to make a brief visit

come by after work and I'll give you some clothes for the rummage sale

Synonyms & Similar Words

• visit
• run in
• drop by
• drop in
• run (over)
• come over
• call
• stop (by or in)
• see
• step in
• pop (in)
• look up
• hang (at)
• happen (by)
• haunt
• resort (to)
• barge (in)
• frequent
• bop (into)

2

as in to win

to receive as return for effort

a literary award like that isn't easy to come by

Synonyms & Similar Words

• win
• earn
• gain
• reap
• get
• make
• garner
• obtain
• land
• bring in
• attain
• acquire
• pull down
• secure
• realize
• capture
• draw
• carry
• procure
• achieve
• knock down
• accomplish
• bag
• accumulate
• take over
• occupy
• gross
• score
• net
• pick up
• regain
• clear
• catch
• amass
• recapture
• rack up
• notch (up)
• remake
• annex
• reacquire
• reattain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• pay
• give
• forfeit
• grant
• give up
• accord
• yield
• surrender
• hand over
• relinquish
• part (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of come by

Customers came by to check in and see if everyone was okay. —Kimberly Wargo, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025

While deportation numbers have been hard to come by since the start of the Trump administration, there have been multiple reports that the president has become frustrated at the pace of removals. —William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025

Every week a trash truck comes by to take our trash to the dump. —U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025

Details of the killing and the investigation have been hard to come by as the case remains under gag order despite a push my media organizations to lift it. —N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025