happen+upon
31happen — v 1. take place, occur, come to pass, come about, come, Archaic. hap, Inf. come off, befall, supervene, betide, chance, Archaic. bechance, Archaic. arrive; transpire, intervene, crop up; become, come into being, appear, fall, materialize, take… …
32come upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, appear unexpectedly, arrive at, arrive upon, be unexpected, blunder upon, bob up, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come at, come on, come unawares, come up against, confront, creep up on,… …
33alight upon — Synonyms and related words: blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come down on, come on, come up against, come upon, confront, descend upon, discover serendipitously, drop on, encounter, fall across, fall among, fall foul …
34hit upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, arrive at, arrive upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come at, come down on, come on, come up against, come upon, descend upon, discover serendipitously, drop on, encounter, fall in… …
35light upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, arrive at, arrive upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come at, come down on, come on, come up against, come upon, confront, descend upon, discover serendipitously, drop on …
36chance upon — verb find unexpectedly the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑come upon, ↑light upon, ↑ …
37come upon — verb 1. find unexpectedly (Freq. 10) the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑light upon, ↑ …
38stumble upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, arrive at, arrive upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come at, come on, come up against, come upon, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall in with, fall upon, get at, happen upon,… …
39blunder upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, be all thumbs, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, boggle, botch, bumble, bump into, bungle, butcher, chance upon, come across, come on, come up against, come upon, commit a gaffe, discover… …
40chance upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, blunder upon, bump into, come across, come on, come up against, come upon, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet up with, meet with, run across, run… …
