Meanings
verbcome around (third-person singular simple present comes around, present participle coming around, simple past came around, past participle come around)
present singular third person comes around · participle present coming around · past came around
- idiomaticTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way.
- To regain consciousness after a faint etc.
Synonyms: come to, come to one's senses, wake up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo regain consciousness after a faint etc.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch bijkomen
- bijkomenregain consciousness
Finnish tulla toisiin aatoksiin
- tulla toisiin aatoksiinchange one's mind
German einlenken, zu sich kommen
- einlenkenchange one's mind
- zu sich kommenregain consciousness
Italian ripensarci, tornare in sé
- ripensarcichange one's mind
- tornare in séchange one's mind
- cambiare ideachange one's mind
- ricredersichange one's mind
- tornare in séregain consciousness
Polish przekonywać się, przekonać się
- przekonywać sięchange one's mind
- przekonać sięchange one's mind
- odzyskiwać przytomnośćregain consciousness
- odzyskać przytomnośćregain consciousness
- dochodzić do siebieregain consciousness
- dojść do siebieregain consciousness
Portuguese mudar de ideia, recuperar os sentidos
- mudar de ideiachange one's mind
- recuperar os sentidosregain consciousness
- voltar a siregain consciousness
- recobrar a consciênciaregain consciousness
Russian переду́мать, прийти́ в себя́
- переду́мать (peredúmatʹ)change one's mind
- прийти́ в себя́ (prijtí v sebjá)regain consciousness
Scottish Gaelic thig gu
- thig guregain consciousness
Spanish entrar en razón
- entrar en razónchange one's mind
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come around,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20around.
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