COMES ACROSS (AS) Synonyms: 16 Similar Words

comes across (as)

verb

present tense third-person singular of come across (as)

as in seems

to give the impression of being the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable

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As tech moguls go, Morgan seems to be more Dario Amodei than Sam Altman.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
While scientists are known for their dedication to their research, crawling on the floor to avoid electrocution for the sake of a measurement seems a little excessive.

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

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At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
For the residents of Shelekhov, however, the official narrative of a routine pneumonia death feels completely disconnected from the sudden quarantine of 200 people.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

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However, each side holds that the Yemeni civil war has now entered a new phase from which neither side looks eager to extricate itself.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
For many of their classmates on campus and elsewhere around the country, the present looks bleak and the future uncertain at best.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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