Encounter Synonyms and Antonyms

ĕn-kountər
To come up against
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. meet
  2. run into
  3. confront
  4. face
  5. run across
  6. come across
  7. see
  8. receive
A coming together
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. meeting
  2. confrontation
  3. face-off
  4. contact
  5. rendezvous
  6. showdown
Antonyms:
  1. avoidance
  2. evasion
  3. retreat
  4. shunning
Hostile or violent contact
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. brush
  2. clash
  3. skirmish
  4. conflict
  5. collision
  6. run-in
Antonyms:
  1. retreat
  2. surrender
  3. withdrawal
  4. yielding
A casual meeting with a person or thing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. coming upon

Words Related to Encounter

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Encounter Sentence Examples

  • The encounter had frightened him more than he would admit.

  • The count remembered the wolf he had let slip and his encounter with Daniel.

  • In Wagner's harmonic style we encounter the entire problem of modern musical texture.

  • The activities you encounter may leave you hungry.

  • Dean was happy to move the subject away from Fitzgerald's evening encounter with Lydia.

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