come back

Questions about come back

What does come back mean?

come back means "be restored". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for come back?

Close synonyms include return, hark back, return, recall, retort. 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 back a common word?

come back 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.