Synonyms for confront
Definitions
- v. 1
To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
- v. 2
To deal with.
Related words
- Word family
- confrontal confrontation confrontational confrontative confronté
Forms
- Past participle
- confronted
e.g. confronted → challenged, opposed, resisted, encountered…
Example sentences
- challenge Whatever the outcome, you must meet the challenge.
- resist Tom and Mary said they couldn't resist doing that.
- oppose Were I in your position, I would oppose that plan.
- encounter The story of their encounter is somewhat humorous.
- tackle Whenever you come across an uphill, you tackle it.
By length
- 4 letters
- face1, meet1
- 5 letters
- front1
- 6 letters
- resist2, tackle2, oppose2, menace2, accost2
- 7 letters
- present2, compare2
- 8 letters
- threaten2
- 9 letters
- challenge2, encounter3, withstand2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (resist2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- confronter
- Català
- acarar