come across

Questions about come across

What does come across mean?

come across means "find unexpectedly". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for come across?

Close synonyms include fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come across a common word?

come across is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.