come to life

Verb

Meaning

be born or come into existence

be lifelike, as of a painting

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

come into being rouse burgeon recover revive renew awake rosen animate awaken revitalize resurrect enliven resuscitate reanimate
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Antonyms

end die destroy collapse eliminate abolish
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Hypernyms

resemble be born

Related terms

toys-to-life

Examples

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. William Faulkner

The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car. Mario Andretti

You know, I used to not understand fashion, a lot of it, but I completely understood being a playwright or a screenwriter and suddenly having an actor say your words and making them come to life. That I can understand. Finally, I'm starting to understand this. Reese Witherspoon

We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well. George MacDonald

The more doubt you have, the less likely it is that the creation will come to life. Yanni

A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that point the book is in limbo and doesn't come to life until the reader picks it up and the reader flips the pages. Alberto Manguel

Close letter words and terms

come to Jesus come to know come to land come to light come to love come to mamma