1. (noun) brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
a minor short-term fight
Synonyms: brushing, face-off, clangor, brush, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, encounter, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touch
2. (noun) meeting, encounter
a casual or unexpected convergence
Synonyms: group meeting, confluence, encounter, face-off, showdown, merging, get together, confrontation, coming together, brush, skirmish, coming upon, clash, meeting
3. (noun) encounter, coming upon
a casual meeting with a person or thing
Synonyms: confrontation, meeting, face-off, showdown, encounter, brush, skirmish, clash, coming upon
4. (verb) confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Synonyms: showdown, meeting, encounter, face-off, confrontation, brush, skirmish, opposition, clash, coming upon
5. (verb) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
come together
Synonyms: 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, encounter, watch, resonate, touch, understand, get together, realise, adjoin
6. (verb) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Synonyms: 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, encounter, 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, discover
7. (verb) run into, encounter
be beset by
Synonyms: encounter, 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, see
8. (verb) meet, encounter, receive
experience as a reaction
Synonyms: conform to, touch, take in, experience, invite, get, gather, fulfil, fulfill, adjoin, find, match, suffer, have, meet, chance, converge, fit, satisfy, receive, forgather, encounter, get together, happen, run into, cope with, fill, play, run across, incur, come across, pick up, assemble, contact, bump, take on, foregather, obtain, see, welcome
9. (verb) meet, encounter, play, take on
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Synonyms: 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, encounter, 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
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Synonyms and Antonyms of encounter 
