Antonyms for encounter
ɛnˈkaʊn təren·counter

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. encounternoun

   Synonyms:
   skirmish, clash, confrontation, brush

2. encounternoun

   To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.

   Their encounter was a matter of chance

   Synonyms:
   clash, confrontation, skirmish, brush

3. encounternoun

   To confront (someone or something), notably face to face.

   Synonyms:
   clash, skirmish, confrontation, brush

4. encounternoun

   To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, brush, clash, skirmish

5. encounternoun

   A match between two opposing sides

   Synonyms:
   brush, skirmish, confrontation, clash

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. encounterverb

   To attack is to begin hostilities of any kind. A general invades a country by marching in troops; he attacks a city by drawing up an army against it; he assaults it by hurling his troops directly upon its defenses. Assail and assault, tho of the same original etymology, have diverged in meaning, so that assault alone retains the meaning of direct personal violence. One may assail another with reproaches; he assaults him with a blow, a brandished weapon, etc. Armies or squadrons charge; combat and encounter may be said of individual contests. To beset is to set around, or, so to speak, to stud one's path, with menaces, attacks, or persuasions. To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies. To encounter is to meet face to face, and may be said either of the attacking or of the resisting force or person, or of both.

   Antonyms:
   aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand

   Synonyms:
   assail, assault, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, combat, fall upon, invade, set upon, storm

   Preposition:
   We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. encounter

   Antonyms:
   elude, avoid, escape, miss, boo

   Synonyms:
   meet, confront, face, withstand, attack, assault, combat, engagement

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Convergence
   • Experience

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. brush, clash, encounter, skirmishnoun

   a minor short-term fight

   Synonyms:
   brushing, face-off, clangor, brush, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touch

2. meeting, encounternoun

   a casual or unexpected convergence

   "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

   Synonyms:
   group meeting, confluence, face-off, showdown, merging, get together, confrontation, coming together, brush, skirmish, coming upon, clash, meeting

3. encounter, coming uponnoun

   a casual meeting with a person or thing

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, meeting, face-off, showdown, brush, skirmish, clash, coming upon

4. confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-offverb

   a hostile disagreement face-to-face

   Synonyms:
   showdown, meeting, face-off, confrontation, brush, skirmish, opposition, clash, coming upon

5. meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, seeverb

   come together

   "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, project, hit, interpret, examine, look, experience, get word, visualise, take on, come upon, fit, assure, image, fancy, run across, go steady, fulfill, learn, fill, receive, run into, discover, light upon, escort, fall upon, contact, pick up, cope with, visit, collide with, reckon, consider, happen, suffer, come across, regard, get a line, get wind, chance on, figure, take care, match, converge, gather, control, ascertain, come over, attend, date, realize, check, meet, go out, witness, attain, strike, chance, catch, forgather, construe, find out, foregather, see, jar against, satisfy, visualize, picture, fulfil, bump into, find, conform to, knock against, go through, take in, view, chance upon, assemble, see to it, butt against, insure, bump, hear, impinge on, envision, happen upon, determine, play, watch, resonate, touch, understand, get together, realise, adjoin

6. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

   come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, kick downstairs, find oneself, befall, take chances, get, get hold, run across, gamble, demote, fall out, find, pass off, retrieve, hazard, knock, rule, notice, meet, chance, determine, see, find out, come about, come up, play, take a chance, materialize, happen, go on, receive, feel, occur, risk, pass, incur, take place, come across, bechance, observe, run into, adventure, witness, dislodge, run a risk, ascertain, relegate, bump, take on, hap, break, regain, obtain, materialise, discover

7. run into, encounterverb

   be beset by

   "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

   Synonyms:
   happen, jar against, chance, bump, play, strike, take on, run into, come across, meet, knock against, impinge on, receive, collide with, hit, butt against, find, bump into, run across, see

8. meet, encounter, receiveverb

   experience as a reaction

   "My proposal met with much opposition"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, touch, take in, experience, invite, get, gather, fulfil, fulfill, adjoin, find, match, suffer, have, meet, chance, converge, fit, satisfy, receive, forgather, get together, happen, run into, cope with, fill, play, run across, incur, come across, pick up, assemble, contact, bump, take on, foregather, obtain, see, welcome

9. meet, encounter, play, take onverb

   contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

   "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, touch, playact, fiddle, bet, spiel, act, take, foregather, gather, fulfill, dally, run, adjoin, find, match, flirt, suffer, acquire, fulfil, diddle, meet, chance, converge, fit, satisfy, receive, act as, toy, assume, forgather, work, get together, make for, happen, run into, cope with, fill, play, represent, run across, take over, come across, bring, recreate, roleplay, tackle, trifle, undertake, assemble, contact, bump, take on, accept, admit, wreak, see, adopt, wager

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. encounternoun

   Synonyms:
   meeting, collision, rencounter, battle, contest, conflict, onslaught, attack

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. avoidence

   the plural of avoid (to not want to go there)

   common sense suggests the avoidance, in malairious countries, of unhealthy situations, and particularly the neighborhood of stagnant water.

   Submitted by rinat on June 18, 2017  

2. avoid

   to come upon or meet with

   Submitted by rinat on December 9, 2015  

How to use encounter in a sentence?

1. Meg Schurr:

   My pregnancy couldn't have been more unplanned or unwanted -- it resulted from an encounter that I didn't want to have and asked to stop.

2. Bryant McGill:

   Afford every soul you encounter the wide and free passage they need to give birth to the dear expressions they feel are important.

3. Chesa Boudin:

   We rely on officers to follow their training and to deescalate situations; instead, in just eight minutes, Officer Cha elevated a nonviolent encounter to one that took Sean Moore’s life. Sean Moore was unarmed and at his own home when Officer Cha shot him twice.

4. Kenny Parcell:

   In this competitive market, new and low- to moderate-income buyers are often left behind, this reduction will help alleviate some of the financial stress those potential buyers encounter when purchasing a home and allow more people across the country to achieve the American dream of homeownership.

5. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

   The most important thing we can have as a police department is the trust of the citizens we serve, this new system will allow us to document every encounter our officers have with a member of the public.

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