coming to
Waking from unconsciousness
Coming to means regaining consciousness after fainting, anesthesia, or being knocked out: She was coming to when the paramedics arrived.
It can also mean arriving at a realization or decision: I'm coming to the conclusion that this won't work.
In nautical use, a ship comes to when it stops or turns into the wind.
Extending toward something
- pulling inReaching a destination
- showing upArriving at a place
- landingDescent's final moment
- touching downMaking contact with surface
getting there · homecoming · disembarking · checking in · rolling in · turning up · making it · appearing
Mental comprehension of something
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- recognizingPerceiving as known
- seeingPerceiving by sight
- comprehendingMentally taking in meaning
appreciating · getting · dawning on · clicking · sinking in · figuring out · perceiving · discerning
Getting progressively closer
- closing inSteadily approaching something
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- convergingMoving toward sameness
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
bearing down · encroaching · reaching · oncoming · imminent · impending
Reaching a combined sum
Emerging from sleep
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- revivingRestoring vitality or consciousness
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- recoveringRegaining health or strength
reaching
Extending toward something
- pulling inReaching a destination
- showing upArriving at a place
- landingDescent's final moment
getting there · touching down · homecoming · disembarking · checking in · rolling in · turning up · making it · appearing · entering
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- recognizingPerceiving as known
- seeingPerceiving by sight
comprehending · appreciating · getting · dawning on · clicking · sinking in · figuring out · perceiving · discerning · enlightenment
nearing
Getting progressively closer
- closing inSteadily approaching something
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- convergingMoving toward sameness
looming · bearing down · encroaching · reaching · oncoming · imminent · impending
adding up to
Reaching a combined sum
waking up
Emerging from sleep
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- renewalrenewal, reinvigoration, restart, reboot, fresh start
- understandingunderstand, comprehend, grasp, fathom, follow
- awakeningdawn, sunrise, wake, rousing, alarm
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- waking upwaking, wake up, rising, get up, yawning
coming topassing out
Temporary loss of awareness
blacking out · fainting · going under · swooning · zonking out
coming toleaving
Act of going away
going away · departing · moving away · retreating · setting off
come, become, coming, income, overcome, becoming, outcome, newcomer, upcoming