Synonyms of lit (on or upon)

lit (on or upon)

verb

variants or lighted (on or upon)

past tense of light (on or upon)

as in found

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

• found
• happened (on or upon)
• tumbled (upon)
• hit (upon)
• pitched (upon)
• came across
• stumbled (on or onto)
• ran across
• bumped into
• chanced (upon)
• encountered
• ran into
• ran upon
• discovered
• ran against
• met
• confronted
• lucked (out, on, onto, or into)
• turned up
• faced
• struck