come about

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: come a=bout

THESAURUS

come about

about ship, alter, ameliorate, attain fulfillment, attend, back and fill, be changed, be converted into, be found, be met with, be realized, be renewed, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, become of, befall, betide, bottom out, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change the heading, checker, chop, chop and change, come, come around, come down, come of, come off, come out, come round, come to pass, come true, degenerate, deteriorate, develop, deviate, diverge, diversify, double a point, end, ensue, eventuate, fall, fall out, fare, fetch about, flop, follow, gain strength, go about, go off, gybe, hap, happen, haul around, heave round, heel, improve, issue, jibe, jibe all standing, meliorate, miss stays, mitigate, modulate, mutate, occur, pan out, pass, pass off, pivot, pivot about, ply, prove, prove to be, put about, put back, rally, recover, recuperate, result, revive, round, round a point, sheer, shift, slew, spin, swerve, swing, swing round, swing the stern, swivel, tack, take a turn, take place, terminate, throw about, transpire, turn, turn about, turn around, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn out, turn round, turn tail, turn the corner, undergo a change, unfold, vary, veer, veer around, warp, wear, wear ship, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind, work out, worsen, yaw

ROGET THESAURUS

come about

Improvement

VB improve, be better, become better, get better, mend, amend, advance, ascend, increase, fructify, ripen, mature, pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner, raise one's head, sow one's wild oats, recover, be better, be improved by, turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account, profit by, reap the benefit of, make good use of, make capital out of, place to good account, render better, improve, mend, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, decrassify, improve upon, refine upon, rectify, enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten, promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance, bring forward, bring on, foster, invigorate, touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up, polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage, prune, repair, put in order, review, revise, make corrections, make improvements, doctor, purify, relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit, reform, remodel, reorganize, new model, view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, palliate, mitigate, lessen an evil.