Synonyms of lighting (on or upon)

lighting (on or upon)

verb

present participle of light (on or upon)

as in finding

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance

the novelist lit upon the plot for his latest thriller while visiting a remote lighthouse in Maine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finding
• encountering
• happening (on or upon)
• hitting (upon)
• tumbling (upon)
• pitching (upon)
• stumbling (on or onto)
• coming across
• running into
• bumping into
• running against
• running across
• meeting
• running upon
• chancing (upon)
• facing
• lucking (out, on, onto, or into)
• discovering
• turning up
• confronting
• striking