Definition for Encounter:

• To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.

Synonyms for Encounter:

• n.

  •
  • appointment,
  • rendezvous,
  • circumstance,
  • event.
  •
  • fight,
  • disagreement.
  •
  • salon,
  • accost.
  •
  • introduce.
  •action (noun)
  • warfare,
  • fighting.
  •attack (noun)
  • drive,
  • onslaught,
  • advance,
  • push,
  • thrust.
  •battle (noun)
  • engagement,
  • war,
  • sortie,
  • combat,
  • scrimmage,
  • strife.
  •bout (noun)
  • set-to.
  •competition (noun)
  • concours,
  • rivalry.
  •conflict (noun)
  • confrontation.
  •confrontation (noun)
  • defiance.
  •encounter (noun)
  • fray,
  • quarrel,
  • contention,
  • interview,
  • rumpus,
  • scrap,
  • chance,
  • hassle,
  • concurrence,
  • Velitation,
  • bump,
  • flap,
  • showdown,
  • come across,
  • violence,
  • dispute,
  • coming upon,
  • happen.
  •fistfight (noun)
  • fistfight.
  •impact (noun)
  • Appulse.
  •love affair (noun)
  • liaison.
  •opposition (noun)
  • duel.

• v.

  •assail (verb)
  • come at,
  • charge,
  • assault.
  •bear (verb)
  • admit.
  •competition (verb)
  • play.
  •confront (verb)
  • brave,
  • defy,
  • challenge,
  • dare.
  •meet (verb)
  • gather,
  • greet,
  • assemble,
  • join,
  • welcome.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tryst,
  • reunion,
  • backgrounder.
  •
  • inhabit,
  • imbibe.
  •
  • foul.
  •
  • know.
  •
  • taste.
  •
  • present.
  •close
  • coming together,
  • come together.
  •come on
  • take place.
  •confront
  • face with,
  • come up against,
  • stand up to.
  •cope
  • battle with.
  •discover
  • detect.
  •endure
  • live through,
  • bear.
  •experience
  • feel.
  •fistfight
  • fisticuffs.
  •happen upon
  • come upon,
  • bump into.
  •meet
  • chance on,
  • run against,
  • run up against,
  • rub eyeballs.
  •receive
  • be subjected to.
  •see
  • come over.
  •sexual activity
  • climax,
  • Hanky Panky,
  • buggery,
  • potency,
  • romp.
  •stumble
  • blunder upon,
  • stumble,
  • fall upon.
  •take a chance
  • risk.
  •taste
  • have knowledge of,
  • be exposed to.

Paraphrases for Encounter:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    confrontation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Encountering, confrontation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    VS.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    experience, acquaintance, relationship.
  • Verb, past tense
    Suffered, experienced, contacted, faced, Ran, contained, Created, Arose, satisfied, felt, Remanded, Lived, placed, hosted, found.
  • Verb, past participle
    Confronted, experienced, faced, interviewed.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    arise, suffer, experience, occur.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    confronts, suffers, enjoys, Comes, controls, finds, causes.
  • Verb, base form
    found, arise, suffer, cope, experience, tackling, contend, undergo, occur, grapple.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    encuentro.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    standoff, collision, run-in, stand-off, interaction, consultation, Consultations, discovery, get-together, battle.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    poses.

Antonyms for Encounter:

• n.

  • attack
    defense, flight, resistance, aid, sustenance, shelter, support, shield, protection.
  • battle
    truce.
  • encounter
    evasion, retreat, avoidance, surrender, yielding.
  • fight, argument
    agreement, calm, accord, harmony, peace.
  • Other antonyms:
    cover, withstand, uphold, defend, befriend, resist, protect, sustain.

• v.

  • affront
    assuage, compliment, mollify, appease, soothe, placate, satisfy, please, gratify.
  • bear
    shun, dodge.
  • encounter
    evade, let go, avoid, run away, yield.
  • fight, attack
    disconnect, cancel, agree.
  • happen upon
    lose, refuse, miss, pass by.

Homophones for Encounter:

• engender, enchanter.

Hypernym for Encounter:

• n.

  • act
    contretemps.
  • event
    conjunction, alignment.

• v.

  • competition
    replay, face, confront.
  • motion
    intersect, cross.

Hyponym for Encounter:

• n.

  • act
    combat, scrap, fight, fighting.
  • event
    convergence.

• v.

  • stative
    have, experience.