Home › Words › C › comercomer/ˈkoʊmɚ/comer means A surname.comer is pronounced /ˈkoʊmɚ/.EtymologyFrom Middle English comere, equivalent to come + -er.nameA surname.A male given name transferred from the surname.nounOne in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.An ambitious person; one who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory;e.g.“This guy is is a real comer.” — 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Mrs. Laudner (Frances Bergen):One who arrives.e.g.“The champ will face all comers.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.comeling 53% match — A comer; (person) an arrival. vs comer →contender 52% match — Someone who competes with one or more other people. vs comer →comper 52% match — A person who enters many competitions in order to win as many prizes as possible. vs comer →dando 51% match — A voracious eater. vs comer →gaincope 51% match — To catch up with, intercept, or encounter another person by taking a short-cut. vs comer →eater 51% match — A person or animal who eats. vs comer →earlycomer 50% match — One who arrived early, or earlier than others. vs comer →outstripper 50% match — One who or that which outstrips. vs comer →