encounter

• encounter

encounter

Noun

a minor short-term fight

Synonyms:

• brush
• clash
• encounter
• skirmish

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• meeting
• encounter

Noun

a casual meeting with a person or thing

Synonyms:

• encounter
• coming upon

Noun

a hostile disagreement face-to-face

Synonyms:

• confrontation
• encounter
• showdown
• face-off

Verb

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

Synonyms:

• meet
• run into
• encounter
• run across
• come across
• see

Verb

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:

• find
• happen
• chance
• bump
• encounter

Verb

be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

Synonyms:

• run into
• encounter

Verb

experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

Synonyms:

• meet
• encounter
• receive

Verb

contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

Synonyms:

• meet
• encounter
• play
• take on