Antonyms for encounter
ɛnˈkaʊn təren·counter

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. encounternoun

   Synonyms:
   skirmish, clash, confrontation, brush

2. encounternoun

   To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.

   Their encounter was a matter of chance

   Synonyms:
   clash, confrontation, skirmish, brush

3. encounternoun

   To confront (someone or something), notably face to face.

   Synonyms:
   clash, skirmish, confrontation, brush

4. encounternoun

   To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, brush, clash, skirmish

5. encounternoun

   A match between two opposing sides

   Synonyms:
   brush, skirmish, confrontation, clash

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. encounterverb

   To attack is to begin hostilities of any kind. A general invades a country by marching in troops; he attacks a city by drawing up an army against it; he assaults it by hurling his troops directly upon its defenses. Assail and assault, tho of the same original etymology, have diverged in meaning, so that assault alone retains the meaning of direct personal violence. One may assail another with reproaches; he assaults him with a blow, a brandished weapon, etc. Armies or squadrons charge; combat and encounter may be said of individual contests. To beset is to set around, or, so to speak, to stud one's path, with menaces, attacks, or persuasions. To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies. To encounter is to meet face to face, and may be said either of the attacking or of the resisting force or person, or of both.

   Antonyms:
   aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand

   Synonyms:
   assail, assault, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, combat, fall upon, invade, set upon, storm

   Preposition:
   We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. encounter

   Antonyms:
   elude, avoid, escape, miss, boo

   Synonyms:
   meet, confront, face, withstand, attack, assault, combat, engagement

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Convergence
   • Experience

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. brush, clash, encounter, skirmishnoun

   a minor short-term fight

   Synonyms:
   brushing, face-off, clangor, brush, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touch

2. meeting, encounternoun

   a casual or unexpected convergence

   "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

   Synonyms:
   group meeting, confluence, face-off, showdown, merging, get together, confrontation, coming together, brush, skirmish, coming upon, clash, meeting

3. encounter, coming uponnoun

   a casual meeting with a person or thing

   Synonyms:
   confrontation, meeting, face-off, showdown, brush, skirmish, clash, coming upon

4. confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-offverb

   a hostile disagreement face-to-face

   Synonyms:
   showdown, meeting, face-off, confrontation, brush, skirmish, opposition, clash, coming upon

5. meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, seeverb

   come together

   "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

   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, watch, resonate, touch, understand, get together, realise, adjoin

6. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

   come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

   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, 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. run into, encounterverb

   be beset by

   "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

   Synonyms:
   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. meet, encounter, receiveverb

   experience as a reaction

   "My proposal met with much opposition"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, touch, take in, experience, invite, get, gather, fulfil, fulfill, adjoin, find, match, suffer, have, meet, chance, converge, fit, satisfy, receive, forgather, 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. meet, encounter, play, take onverb

   contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

   "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

   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, 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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1. encounternoun

   Synonyms:
   meeting, collision, rencounter, battle, contest, conflict, onslaught, attack

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. avoidence

   the plural of avoid (to not want to go there)

   common sense suggests the avoidance, in malairious countries, of unhealthy situations, and particularly the neighborhood of stagnant water.

   Submitted by rinat on June 18, 2017  

2. avoid

   to come upon or meet with

   Submitted by rinat on December 9, 2015  

How to use encounter in a sentence?

1. Geoffrey Alpert:

   That's the point of training, you want to try to calm things down in an encounter.

2. Virgin Voyages:

   It is our responsibility to respond and offer assistance to those in need, and our Crew are trained for this and ready to help. This often includes bringing these individuals on board, offering clothing, food, water and medical treatment if needed, we also work closely with designated authorities to support a safe transfer from the ship. When we encounter these scenarios, our priority is making sure everyone is safe and taken care of.

3. Steve Reams:

   My biggest fear for the law is violating someone's constitutional rights and the potential for placing my deputies in a situation for an encounter with an armed individual.

4. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims:

   A potential danger of being online more is an encounter with a sexual predator who is seeking relationships with children.

5. Victoria Elena Vasquez:

   I've seen a few reports alluding to how dangerous and scary this shark might be, which is pretty funny to me since the largest one we found (a full grown adult) was 515 mm long (20 inches) from head to tail, since we don't have a lot of specimens we can't confirm if they grow larger, but since it lives in the deep sea, it would be too challenging for people to have a chance encounter in the water without a submersible.

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