become

Meaning

begin to be; turn into.
To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
To be proper for; to beseem.
Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).
(obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place).

become

get

grow

happen

turn into

turn

suit

change into

change

come

make

transform into

change to

transform

come about

befit

develop

fit

match

come to be

alter

come into being

take

start

arise

be like

proceed

vary

shift

being

beseem

wax

bent

red

have

set in

consist

composed of

made up of

exist

occur

say

arrive

comes out to be

fitting

behave

form

match well

attain

reach

repair to

continue

amount to

convert into

are

become again

shape

enter into

existing

happened

occurred

turned out

turn out to be

be suitable

serve

be fit

grace

prove

run

set

become manifest

gradually change

unfold

imitate

become healthy

convalesce

cure

recover

appear

end

turn out

belong

abut

conclude

end up

redound

result

separate

separated

bitter

broken off

broken

burnt

cheerful

clever

cooked

crooked

dark

drunk

dry and hard

equal

fat

fierce

finished

heavy

honoured

lacking

lit

long

mature

mean

mixed

old

painful

round

sharp

short

singed

soft

straight

suspended

tired

too difficult for

wet

white

dry

be raised

become high

stand up

become complete

buy

do with

be born

made

caused

develop into

take shape

redden

clean

give up

rise

come in

add up

fall

gain

get into

go in

take after

into

cut teeth

spring up

convert

metamorphose

transmute

beautiful

evolve

remain

go with

go over to

feel

start in

start up

become beautiful

control

hold

inceptive

made into

develop from

sick

break

free

get rid of

rid

shake

vacant

be changed

acceptable

all right

almost

prosper

begin

disclose

emit

give forth

initiate

issue

originate

publish

reveal

send

shoot

uncover

parted

torn

unbound

untied

hap

pass off

transpire

possible

tumpline

condition

enter

angry

produce

turn up

Frequency

Hyphenated as

be‧come

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪˈkʌm/

A compound of the sources of be- + come. From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem.