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
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
Synonyms of 'encounter'
