WordWeb Online

1. Anything that serves as an enticement
   - bait, hook, lure, sweetener
    
2. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
   - lure, enticement

1. Appear or become visible; make a showing
   - come out, turn up, surface, show up
    
2. Move towards
   - approach, near, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
    
3. Make progress in knowledge or status
   - progress, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
    
4. Start running, functioning, or operating
   "the lights came on";
   - go on, come up
    
5. Occur or become available
   "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"

1. Expression of encouragement
   "Come on! You can still win";
   - c'mon [informal]
    
2. Expression of disbelief
   "come on! You must be joking";
   - come off it [informal], c'mon [informal], my foot [informal]
    
3. Exclamation to tell someone to be quicker
   - chop-chop [informal], buck up [informal], hurry up, c'mon [informal], get a move on [informal]

Derived forms: comes on, coming on, come on, came on, come-ons

See also: become

Type of: appear, attraction, attractiveness, begin, come, come up, commence, develop, enticement, get, get down, get going, go, set about, set out, start, start out, temptation

Antonym: go off

Encyclopedia: Come on, Come in