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- Dictionaryencounter/ɪnˈkaʊntə/
verb
- 1. unexpectedly be faced with or experience (something hostile or difficult): "we have encountered one small problem" Similar
- 2. meet (someone) unexpectedly: "what do we know about the people we encounter in our daily lives?" Similar
noun
- 1. an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something: "she felt totally unnerved by the encounter" Similar
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in English. encounter. verb. These are words and phrases related to encounter. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of encounter. She encountered an old friend on the street. The plane encountered a storm over the Rockies.
Synonyms for ENCOUNTER: meet, confront, catch, greet, happen (upon), stumble (upon), run upon, run into; Antonyms of ENCOUNTER: avoid, escape, evade, shake, elude, shun, dodge, duck.
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Synonyms for ENCOUNTER in English: experience, meet, face, suffer, have, go through, sustain, endure, undergo, run into, …
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encounter. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Verb: meet unexpectedly. Synonyms: run into (informal), bump into (informal), meet, meet with, find, see, come across, stumble upon, come upon, chance upon, happen upon, find yourself face to face with, experience, go through, live through. Sense: Verb: meet in conflict. Synonyms:
Synonyms for ENCOUNTERS: meets, confronts, catches, greets, happens (upon), runs into, stumbles (upon), runs upon; Antonyms of ENCOUNTERS: escapes, avoids, shakes, eludes, evades, shuns, ducks, dodges
Synonyms for ENCOUNTER: meet, run into, confront, face, run across, come across, see, receive, meeting, confrontation; Antonyms for ENCOUNTER: avoidance, evasion, retreat, shunning, avoid, retreat, evade, run away, surrender, yield.