come over

1. 1.

   communicate the intended meaning or impression

   “He came across very clearly”

   Synonymscome across

   Broadercommunicate

Questions about come over

What does come over mean?

come over means "communicate the intended meaning or impression".

What is another word for come over?

Close synonyms include come across. 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 over a common word?

come over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.