Synonyms for come across
come across

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1. fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discoververb

   find unexpectedly

   "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

   Synonyms:
   detect, come over, chance upon, distinguish, excise, let out, hear, bring out, identify, hit, arrive at, disclose, attain, let on, chance on, describe, get word, reach, take, key, fall upon, meet, strike, reveal, move, assume, enter upon, see, find out, collide with, coin, gain, encounter, give away, fall, divulge, walk out, impinge on, shine, affect, run into, scratch, happen upon, achieve, pick up, run across, resonate, observe, get a line, notice, key out, mint, strickle, name, accomplish, impress, expose, take up, come to, expunge, unwrap, break, learn, come upon, light upon, get wind, discover, luck into, find, make

2. come acrossverb

   be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression

   Synonyms:
   chance on, chance upon, resonate, fall upon, strike, happen upon, run into, meet, light upon, come over, encounter, discover, attain, come upon, run across, see

3. meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, seeverb

   come together

   "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, project, hit, interpret, examine, look, experience, get word, visualise, take on, come upon, fit, assure, image, fancy, run across, go steady, fulfill, learn, fill, receive, run into, discover, light upon, escort, fall upon, contact, pick up, cope with, visit, collide with, reckon, consider, happen, suffer, regard, get a line, get wind, chance on, figure, take care, match, converge, gather, control, ascertain, come over, attend, date, realize, check, meet, go out, witness, attain, strike, chance, catch, forgather, construe, find out, foregather, see, jar against, satisfy, visualize, picture, fulfil, bump into, find, conform to, knock against, go through, take in, view, chance upon, assemble, see to it, butt against, insure, bump, hear, impinge on, envision, happen upon, determine, play, encounter, watch, resonate, touch, understand, get together, realise, adjoin

4. come across, come oververb

   communicate the intended meaning or impression

   "He came across very clearly"

   Synonyms:
   chance on, chance upon, resonate, fall upon, strike, happen upon, run into, meet, light upon, come over, encounter, discover, attain, come upon, run across, see

5. resonate, come acrossverb

   be received or understood

   Synonyms:
   encounter, chance upon, resonate, fall upon, chance on, strike, run into, meet, light upon, happen upon, discover, attain, vibrate, come upon, come over, run across, see

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Communicate
   • Find

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1. Passenger Emilie Wyrick:

   We'll move for a few hundred yards, then we stop. It's going to be like this for hours, they have to manually switch every signal we come across to ensure the train and any cars that may be crossing are all safe.

2. Ahn Chan-il:

   Kim Jong Un wants to break away from the past, as well as the Norths traditional cult of personality, he wants to come across and brand himself as a leader who is modern and competent, rather than a descendant of his predecessors.

3. Melvin Belli:

   There may be better lawyers than I, but so far I haven't come across any of them in court.

4. Michael Guest:

   We’re not talking about securing the border, we’re not talking about doing what we can to protect the border communities, we’re not talking about the $20 billion that the immigrants who have come across over this administration is costing the taxpayers of the government. Instead, we’re talking about a climate change bill, we need to be focused on our primary mission.

5. Ben Carson:

   But that is not an un-Christian thing to do to make sure that people don't come across our border illegally. That's a just thing to do.