When do we arrive?
Source: tatoeba (1709)
Arrive
/əˈɹaɪv/
Synonyms for "arrive" (116 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
Noun(5 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
dutch land
Related words (58)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: come, accomplish, achieve, achieve success, advance.
- Sentence evidence is available for arrive, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "arrive".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "arrive"
Keep "arrive" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "arrive" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "arrive", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "arrive" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entriesMore specific
8 entriesCollocations
6 entriesairport arrivalarrival at schoolarrival noticearrival timeearly arrivallate arrival
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
187 translations across 98 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- aankom verb (to reach)
- arriveer verb (to reach)
Albanian
1 entries- arrij verb (to reach)
Amharic
1 entries- ደረሰ verb (to reach)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- πάρειμι verb (to reach)
- ἀφικάνω verb (to reach)
- ἀφικνέομαι verb (to reach)
- ἱκάνω verb (to reach)
Arabic
4 entries- وصل verb (to reach)
- وصل verb (to reach)
- وصل verb (to reach)
- وَصَلَ verb (to reach)
Aragonese
1 entries- plegar verb (to reach)
Argobba
1 entries- ዴረሳ verb (to reach)
Armenian
2 entries- ժամանել verb (to reach)
- հասնել verb (to reach)
Aromanian
1 entries- agiungu verb (to reach)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- gəlib çatmaq verb (to reach)
- gəlmək verb (to reach)
- varid olmaq verb (to reach)
Baba Malay
1 entries- sampei verb (to reach)
Bashkir
2 entries- барып етеү verb (to reach)
- килеп етеү verb (to reach)
Basque
1 entries- heldu verb (to reach)
Belarusian
4 entries- дае́хаць verb (to reach)
- дайсці́ verb (to reach)
- далята́ць verb (to reach)
- даляце́ць verb (to reach)
Bengali
1 entries- আগমন করা verb (to reach)
Bulgarian
1 entries- достигам verb (to reach)
Burmese
1 entries- ရောက် verb (to reach)
Catalan
1 entries- arribar verb (to reach)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- hý·ja verb (to reach)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᎷᎦ verb (to reach)
Chichewa
1 entries- fika verb (to reach)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 到 verb (to reach)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 到 verb (to reach)
- 到達 /到达 verb (to reach)
Czech
4 entries- docházet verb (to reach)
- dojet verb (to reach)
- dojít verb (to reach)
- dojíždět verb (to reach)
Danish
1 entries- ankomme verb (to reach)
Dutch
3 entries- aankomen verb (to reach)
- arriveren verb (to reach)
- bereiken verb (to reach)
Esperanto
1 entries- alveni verb (to reach)
Estonian
1 entries- saabuma verb (to reach)
Faroese
1 entries- koma verb (to reach)
Finnish
2 entries- saapua verb (to reach)
- tulla perille verb (to reach)
French
1 entries- arriver verb (to reach)
Friulian
1 entries- rivâ verb (to reach)
Galician
1 entries- chegar verb (to reach)
German
4 entries- ankommen verb (to reach)
- erreichen verb (to reach)
- gelangen verb (to reach)
- kommen verb (to reach)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍄𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to reach)
Greek
1 entries- φτάνω verb (to reach)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִגִּיעַ verb (to reach)
Hindi
3 entries- आगमन verb (to reach)
- आना verb (to reach)
- पहुँचना verb (to reach)
Hungarian
1 entries- elér verb (to reach)
Icelandic
1 entries- koma verb (to reach)
Ido
1 entries- arivar verb (to reach)
Indonesian
3 entries- capai verb (to reach)
- gapai verb (to reach)
- sampai verb (to reach)
Italian
2 entries- arrivare verb (to reach)
- giungere verb (to reach)
Japanese
2 entries- 到着する verb (to reach)
- 着く verb (to reach)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- txegá verb (to reach)
- txiga verb (to reach)
Kongo
1 entries- kukuma verb (to reach)
Lao
2 entries- ຮອດ verb (to reach)
- ເຖິງ verb (to reach)
Latgalian
3 entries- atsarast verb (to reach)
- atīt verb (to reach)
- dativēt verb (to reach)
Latin
3 entries- advenio verb (to reach)
- devenio verb (to reach)
- pervenio verb (to reach)
Latvian
2 entries- atbraukt verb (to reach)
- ierasties verb (to reach)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atvykti verb (to reach)
Low German
1 entries- ankamen verb (to reach)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- pśichadaś verb (to reach)
- pśijězdźowaś verb (to reach)
- pśijěś verb (to reach)
- pśiś verb (to reach)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡳᠰᡳᠨ᠋ᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to reach)
Maranao
2 entries- danon verb (to reach)
- oma verb (to reach)
Marathi
2 entries- पोहोचणे verb (to reach)
- येणे verb (to reach)
Mongolian
2 entries- хүрэх verb (to reach)
- ᠬᠦᠷᠬᠦ verb (to reach)
Māori
2 entries- tae verb (to reach)
- taetae verb (to reach)
Nahuatl
2 entries- ahci verb (to reach)
- ehco verb (to reach)
Norman
1 entries- arriver verb (to reach)
North Frisian
1 entries- uunkem verb (to reach)
Norwegian
1 entries- ankomme verb (to reach)
Occitan
1 entries- arribar verb (to reach)
Old English
1 entries- ancuman verb (to reach)
Persian
1 entries- رسیدن verb (to reach)
Polish
4 entries- dochodzić verb (to reach)
- dojechać verb (to reach)
- dojeżdżać verb (to reach)
- dojść verb (to reach)
Portuguese
1 entries- chegar verb (to reach)
Quechua
1 entries- chamuy verb (to reach)
Romanian
2 entries- ajunge verb (to reach)
- sosi verb (to reach)
Romansch
4 entries- arivar verb (to reach)
- arrivar verb (to reach)
- rivar verb (to reach)
- river verb (to reach)
Russian
4 entries- дое́хать verb (to reach)
- доезжа́ть verb (to reach)
- дойти́ verb (to reach)
- долета́ть verb (to reach)
Sardinian
4 entries- arribbai verb (to reach)
- arribbare verb (to reach)
- arribbari verb (to reach)
- arrivare verb (to reach)
Scots
1 entries- win tae verb (to reach)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- doletjeti verb (to reach)
- dospeti verb (to reach)
- dospjeti verb (to reach)
- доспети verb (to reach)
Sicilian
2 entries- arrivari verb (to reach)
- arruvari verb (to reach)
Slovak
2 entries- doraziť verb (to reach)
- dôjsť verb (to reach)
Slovene
1 entries- prispeti verb (to reach)
Spanish
2 entries- arribar verb (to reach)
- llegar verb (to reach)
Swahili
1 entries- kufika verb (to reach)
Swedish
2 entries- ankomma verb (to reach)
- anlända verb (to reach)
Tagalog
1 entries- dumating verb (to reach)
Tetum
1 entries- to'o verb (to reach)
Thai
3 entries- ถึง verb (to reach)
- มาถึง verb (to reach)
- สู่ verb (to reach)
Tumbuka
1 entries- fika verb (to reach)
Turkish
1 entries- varmak verb (to reach)
Tuvan
1 entries- чедер verb (to reach)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎎𐎙𐎊 verb (to reach)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дохо́дити verb (to reach)
- дої́хати verb (to reach)
- доїжджа́ти verb (to reach)
- дійти́ verb (to reach)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- dochadźeć verb (to reach)
- dóńć pf: přijěć verb (to reach)
Urdu
3 entries- آمدہ ہونا verb (to reach)
- آنا verb (to reach)
- پہنچنا verb (to reach)
Venetan
1 entries- rivar verb (to reach)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đến verb (to reach)
Walloon
2 entries- ariver verb (to reach)
- avni verb (to reach)
Welsh
1 entries- cyrraedd verb (to reach)
West-Frisian
3 entries- bereitsje verb (to reach)
- berikke verb (to reach)
- oankomme verb (to reach)
Yakut
1 entries- тиий verb (to reach)
Yiddish
2 entries- אָנקומען verb (to reach)
- קומען verb (to reach)
Zhuang
1 entries- daengz verb (to reach)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The train from Geneva will arrive at the station.
Source: tatoeba (1752)
You had better not start until they arrive.
Source: tatoeba (17631)
Don't forget to give us a ring when you arrive in Kyoto.
Source: tatoeba (19311)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "arrive"?
Closest matches include come, accomplish, achieve, achieve success, advance.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "arrive"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.