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Synonyms for encounter
ɛnˈkaʊn tər
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Princeton's WordNet
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish(noun)
a minor short-term fight
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brushing, face-off, clangor, brush, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touchmeeting, encounter(noun)
a casual or unexpected convergence
"he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
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group meeting, confluence, face-off, showdown, merging, get together, confrontation, coming together, brush, skirmish, coming upon, clash, meetingencounter, coming upon(noun)
a casual meeting with a person or thing
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confrontation, meeting, face-off, showdown, brush, skirmish, clash, coming uponconfrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off(verb)
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
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showdown, meeting, face-off, confrontation, brush, skirmish, opposition, clash, coming uponmeet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see(verb)
come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
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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, adjoinfind, happen, chance, bump, encounter(verb)
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"
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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, discoverrun into, encounter(verb)
be beset by
"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
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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, seemeet, encounter, receive(verb)
experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
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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, welcomemeet, encounter, play, take on(verb)
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
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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
Wiktionary
encounter(noun)
Synonyms:
brush, skirmish, clash, confrontationencounter(noun)
To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
Their encounter was a matter of chance
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clash, confrontation, skirmish, brushencounter(noun)
To confront (someone or something), notably face to face.
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brush, confrontation, skirmish, clashencounter(noun)
To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
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confrontation, brush, clash, skirmishencounter(noun)
A match between two opposing sides
Synonyms:
brush, skirmish, confrontation, clash
English Synonyms and Antonyms
encounter(v)
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.
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assail, assault, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, combat, fall upon, invade, set upon, stormAntonyms:
aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstandPreposition:
We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.
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Editors Contribution
empiricism
at the meeting last tuesday, we heard in details from the manager the strategy for an increase in salaries.
i'm in no doubt whatever, my allergies indeed subsided after washing my inner nostrils with my urine.
Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 28, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
encounter(n.)
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meeting, rencounter, clash, collisionencounter(n.)
encounter(n.)
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conflict, combat, fight, contest, battle, engagement, action, skirmish, brush, affairencounter(v. a.)
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meet (suddenly), meet face to faceencounter(v. a.)
encounter(v. a.)
encounter(v. a.)
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attack, engage with, contend against, join battle with, cope with, compete with, struggle with, strive with, fight withencounter(v. n.)
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clash, skirmish, rencounter, fight, come into collision
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "encounter":
face, meet, confrontation, meeting, encountered, encuentro, rencontre
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How to use encounter in a sentence?
It's another signal that the Pope wants a church of encounter that journeys with people, he recognizes the church is anchored in the Gospel when mercy trumps finger-wagging judgment.
After the last [stealthing] encounter, I just became emotionally shut off, at first I wanted to get pissed and scream at the person, but all that disappointment drains you … Now I just try to be way more careful.
It’s extremely rare to encounter a patient who asks, ‘ Doctor, can the exam harm me in any way ? ’ indeed, it’s rare for them to even ask how much the exam will cost.
You tend to attract or encounter what you often think and speak of. So, do think and speak positively and never negatively. -Emeasoba George
Since humans are so strongly wired to interpret what they encounter in a social way, even simple actions, such as when a robot makes a small movement after a child presses its button, can be perceived as social.
Translations for encounter
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- لاقى, صادفArabic
- сустрэчаBelarusian
- случайна среща, среща, [[срещам]] [[случайно]], схватка, сблъсквам се, стълкновение, излизам насреща наBulgarian
- objevit, narazit, setkání, potkatCzech
- Begegnung, treffen, begegnenGerman
- συνάντησηGreek
- renkontoEsperanto
- encuentroSpanish
- برخوردPersian
- kohdata, yhteenotto, kohtaaminen, ottaa yhteenFinnish
- rencontre, rencontrerFrench
- coinneachadhScottish Gaelic
- belebotlik, összecsapás, összetalálkozik, találkozás, összetűzésbe keveredikHungarian
- pertemuanIndonesian
- 出会う, 遭う, 出会い, 遭遇Japanese
- nanciscorLatin
- средбаMacedonian
- confrontatie, ontmoeten, treffen, confronteren, botsingDutch
- spotkaniePolish
- confronto, confrontar, [[deparar-se]] [[com]], encontrar, [[encontro]] [[inesperado]]Portuguese
- întâlniRomanian
- [[случайный, наталкиваться, [[иметь]] [[столкновение]], встреча, встретить, схватка, столкновение, сталкиваться, стычка, встретиться, столкнуться, бойRussian
- сусрет, susretSerbo-Croatian
- stretnutieSlovak
- srečanjeSlovene
- stöta på, möta, anträffaSwedish
- พบThai
- зустрічUkrainian
- 遭遇Chinese
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