Meanings
present singular third person comes to mind · participle present coming to mind · past came to mind
- idiomaticTo appear in one's thoughts.
Sarcastic comments came to mind, but I said nothing.
2001, Bill MacDonald, Patagonian odyssey: a travel memoir, page 1571 more example
Romanticized, objectified and sexualized are some of the words that come to mind for artist and curator Sherry Farrell Racette when she thinks about how Indigenous women were portrayed in early photographs.
2019 January 11, “Take more selfies! Curator wants Indigenous people to flood social media with their photos”, in CBC Radio, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Italian venire in mente
- venire in menteto appear in one's thoughts
Polish przychodzić do głowy, przyjść do głowy
- przychodzić do głowyto appear in one's thoughts
- przyjść do głowyto appear in one's thoughts
Spanish venir a la mente, venirse a la cabeza
- venir a la menteto appear in one's thoughts
- venirse a la cabezato appear in one's thoughts
Swedish komma ihåg, ihågkomma
- komma ihågto appear in one's thoughts
- ihågkommato appear in one's thoughts
Cite this entry
come to mind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20mind
“come to mind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20mind. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come to mind,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20mind.
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