Synonyms for Face up to:

• v.

  •confront (verb)
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
  • call one's bluff,
  • oppose,
  • meet,
  • scorn,
  • dare,
  • resist,
  • face with,
  • repel,
  • stand up to,
  • affront,
  • brave,
  • defy,
  • come up against,
  • front,
  • beard,
  • tell off,
  • withstand,
  • face down,
  • make my day,
  • accost,
  • go one-on-one,
  • go up against,
  • flout,
  • encounter.
  •face the music (verb)
  • come to grips with,
  • bite the bullet.

• Other synonyms:

  •confront
  • stand to,
  • stood up to,
  • standing to,
  • come against,
  • Fronting,
  • faced up to,
  • go against,
  • go one on one.

Antonyms for Face up to:

• v.

  • confront
    back down, surrender, yield, avoid, dodge, evade.