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Synonyms for confront
kənˈfrʌntcon·front
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
confront
Synonyms:
oppose, face, encounter, resist, intimidate, menaceAntonyms:
rally, encourage, abet, countenance
Princeton's WordNet
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 upAntonyms:
avoidconfront, 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 upAntonyms:
avoidconfront, 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, submitAntonyms:
avoidconfrontverb
be face to face with
"The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
Synonyms:
present, face, face upAntonyms:
avoid
Dictionary of English Synonymes
confrontverb
Synonyms:
encounter, face, bring face to face, oppose openlyconfrontverb
Synonyms:
compare, bring into comparison
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#249 | address | |
#268 | show | |
#446 | look | |
#461 | live | |
#555 | give | |
#591 | gift | |
#794 | front | |
#805 | present | |
#859 | meet | |
#868 | submit | |
#871 | watch | |
#973 | face | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1367 | award | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1572 | stage | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2277 | counter | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2590 | remain | |
#2976 | represent | |
#3338 | deliver | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3520 | demo | |
#4403 | exhibit | |
#4575 | combat | |
#4615 | demonstrate | |
#4968 | facing | |
#5050 | introduce | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#8506 | tackle | |
#9747 | pose | |
#9848 | cope | |
#9957 | resist | |
#12106 | abide | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14382 | reside | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#18518 | salute | |
#19022 | await | |
#19164 | menace | |
#24770 | portray | |
#30748 | inhabit | |
#37463 | intimidate | |
#41596 | sojourn | |
#47239 | acquaint | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#68400 | bide |
How to use confront in a sentence?
Women, you need to be fearless. You need to confront your man about this problem, you cannot accept any pornography in your life.
Leo wanted to stay, so he is not happy, we all wanted him to stay. But for him right now it’s a situation in which he has to confront reality. It's a reality that can't be changed. I wish him the best wherever he goes.
British Prime Minister David Cameron:
For all our successes as a multiracial, multifaith democracy, we have to confront a tragic truth that there are people born and raised in this country who don't really identify with Britain -- and feel little or no attachment to other people here, so when groups like ISIL seek to rally our young people to their poisonous cause, it can offer them a sense of belonging that they lack here at home.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott:
We know there are a large number of people who are there to protest peacefully … we know there are agitators that show up looking to stir things up and to confront and engage law enforcement.
The people in my inner circle asked some uncomfortable questions so I had to be honest with Martin Kaymer and confront the truth about what really happened and I did, i know what the reasons were and I'm very happy about that because I will never let it happen again.
Translations for confront
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- konfronteerAfrikaans
- مواجهةArabic
- изправям се пред, съпоставям, имам работа с, противостоя, стоя срещуBulgarian
- konfrontovatCzech
- konfrontereDanish
- gegenübertreten, Sache, begegnen, entgegentreten, konfrontieren, stellen, gegenüberstellenGerman
- αντιμετωπίGreek
- enfrentar, confrontarSpanish
- روبرو شدن باPersian
- kohdataFinnish
- affronter, confronterFrench
- התעמתHebrew
- सामना करनाHindi
- szembeszállHungarian
- menghadapiIndonesian
- affrontare, confrontareItalian
- לְהִתְעַמֵתHebrew
- 対峙するJapanese
- 대치하다Korean
- adversusLatin
- confronteren, tegenover stellen, vergelijkenDutch
- konfrontereNorwegian
- konfrontowaćPolish
- confrontar, enfrentarPortuguese
- confruntaRomanian
- противостоять, сопоставля́ть, ста́лкиваться, противопоста́вить, столкну́ться, противопоставля́ть, противостоя́ть, сопоста́вить, [[име́ть]] [[де́ло]] (с)Russian
- ballafaqoj, përballojAlbanian
- konfronteraSwedish
- எதிர்கொள்ளTamil
- అదుపుచేయలేనిTelugu
- เผชิญหน้าThai
- karşılaştırmak, karşısına çıkmak, yüzleştirmek, karşı koymakTurkish
- протистоятиUkrainian
- مقابلہUrdu
- Đối đầuVietnamese
- קאָנפראָנטYiddish
- 面对Chinese
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