What is another word for occur to?

Pronunciation: [əkˈɜː tuː] (IPA)

The phrase "occur to" is a common way to express the sudden emergence of an idea or thought. However, there are various synonyms that can be used to replace this phrase in writing or conversation. Here are some examples: "cross one's mind", "dawn on", "hit upon", "come to mind", "enter one's thoughts", "strike one", "pop up", "flash on", "arise", "present itself", "occur", "suggest itself", "suggest itself to", "manifest", "unfold". These synonyms allow for greater variety and nuance in language usage and can help convey a more precise meaning or tone.

What are the hypernyms for Occur to?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for occur to?

The word "occur to" means to come to someone's mind or to be thought of by someone. Its antonyms would be words like forget, overlook, ignore, or neglect. When we forget something, it doesn't come to our mind at all. When we overlook something, we fail to notice or see it altogether. When we ignore something, we consciously decide not to pay attention to it. And when we neglect something, we fail to take care of it or give it the proper attention it deserves. These antonyms for "occur to" are important in understanding the opposite of thinking of something or someone.

What are the antonyms for Occur to?

Famous quotes with Occur to

  • You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think.
    Mortimer Adler
  • It did not occur to us that the Marxists' solution was fraudulent or that their vision was distorted, that whatever the wrongs in our society it was not the ideology of theirs that will cure them.
    Barbara Amiel
  • I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration.
    Margaret Anderson
  • Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments.
    Robert Barany
  • Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
    Aaron Burr

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