Synonyms for confront
kənˈfrʌntcon·front

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1. confront

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. confront

   Synonyms:
   oppose, face, encounter, resist, intimidate, menace

   Antonyms:
   rally, encourage, abet, countenance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confront, faceverb

   oppose, as in hostility or a competition

   "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"

   Synonyms:
   present, face, front, look, face up

   Antonyms:
   avoid

2. confront, face up, faceverb

   deal with (something unpleasant) head on

   "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

   Synonyms:
   present, face, front, look, face up

   Antonyms:
   avoid

3. confront, face, presentverb

   present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

   "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"

   Synonyms:
   portray, demonstrate, demo, deliver, acquaint, represent, pose, give, lay out, front, look, face up, award, introduce, present, exhibit, face, stage, salute, gift, show, submit

   Antonyms:
   avoid

4. confrontverb

   be face to face with

   "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

   Synonyms:
   present, face, face up

   Antonyms:
   avoid

Matched Categories

1. • Face
   • Meet

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1. confrontverb

   Synonyms:
   encounter, face, bring face to face, oppose openly

2. confrontverb

   Synonyms:
   compare, bring into comparison

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1. List of paraphrases for "confront":

   face, tackle, address, meet, combat, cope, counter, facing

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How to use confront in a sentence?

1. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton:

   Would this have happened if the driver and the passengers were white? I don’t think it would have, so I’m forced to confront that this kind of racism exists, and it's incumbent upon all of us to vow and ensure that it doesn't happen and doesn't continue to happen.

2. Marco Rubio:

   Only America can convene Sunni forces from what I believe needs to be a combined Sunni force of Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians, Sunnis in Iraq, Sunnis in Syria to confront a radical Sunni movement and defeat them militarily. They will need our help in convening it, but it doesn't involve a full-scale U.S. invasion of Iraq.

3. Jeff Sessions:

   We must confront this problem.

4. President Bush:

   We have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can do not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within. There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But there is disdainful pluralism in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols. They are children of the same foul spirit and it is our continuing duty to confront them.

5. John Milkovich:

   We choose to confront the culture of death -- the abortion industry has taken its war against our children to our very doorstep, and we have determined to take the fight to the abortion cartel through the law and prayer to stop the horrific infanticide which is being inflicted upon our children, we will continue to fight for the next generations of Louisianans.