Related Searches
on Ask.com
confront - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | confront |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge |
| Synonyms: | accost, affront, beard, brave, call one's bluff, come up against, dare, defy, encounter, face down, face up to, face with, flout, front, go one-on-one, go up against, make my day, meet, meet eyeball-to-eyeball, oppose, repel, resist, scorn, stand up to, tell off, withstand |
| Antonyms: | back down |
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
| Synonyms: | address, annoy, bother, brace*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, salute, welcome, buttonhole*, run into, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affront |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult or involve in entanglement |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, encounter, face, give the cold shoulder*, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex, dispraise, dump on, give a zinger, hit where one lives |
| Notes: | effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult |
| Antonyms: | appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure bad situation |
| Synonyms: | bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, go through, risk, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand, face off, fly in the face of, outdare, stand up to |
| Antonyms: | capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, hide, skip, break down, give up, run away |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
| Synonyms: | accost, arouse, assert, beard, brave, call for, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face the music*, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, investigate, provoke, query, reclaim, require, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet*, try, vindicate, ask for, call out, face down, face off, fly in the face of, hang in, insist upon, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, search out, stand up to, stick it out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, answer, decision, victory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contradict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be at variance with |
| Synonyms: | belie, buck, challenge, confront, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, cross, dare, deny, differ, disaffirm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, gainsay, impugn, negate, negative, oppose, repudiate, take on, thumbs down, traverse, call in question, fly in the face of, have bone to pick, refuse to accept |
| Antonyms: | accept, agree, approve, concede, confirm, corroborate, reconcile, sign, verify, vouch, OK |
| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
| Synonyms: | battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it*, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out*, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | front |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look out on to |
| Synonyms: | border, confront, cover, encounter, face, meet, overlay, overlook, look over |
| Main Entry: | frustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thwart, disappoint |
| Synonyms: | annul, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, beat, block, cancel, check, circumvent, confront, conquer, counter, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, dash, dash one's hope, defeat, depress, discourage, dishearten, foil, forbid, forestall, foul up*, give the run around, halt, hang up*, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, lick, negate, neutralize, nullify, obstruct, obviate, outwit, overcome, preclude, prevent, prohibit, render null and void, ruin, stump*, stymie*, upset the applecart* |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cooperate, encourage, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grapple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle, deal with, do battle |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withstand, oppose |
| Synonyms: | abide, antagonize, assail, assault, battle, bear, brook, buck, check, combat, confront, contend, continue, counteract, curb, defy, dispute, duel, endure, fight back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, refrain, refuse, remain, repel, stay, stonewall*, suffer, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather, abstain from, countervail, die hard, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, put up a fight, remain firm, stand up to, struggle against |
| Antonyms: | comply, conform, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance |
| Synonyms: | adventure, be caught short, beard, brave, chance, compromise, confront, dare, defy, defy danger, encounter, endanger, expose to danger, face, gamble, go out of one's depth, hang by a thread, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, jeopardy, leap before looking, leave to luck, meet, menace, peril, play with fire, plunge, put in jeopardy, run the chance, run the risk, skate on thin ice, speculate, tackle, take a flyer, take a header, take a plunge, take on*, take the liberty, venture, wager |
| Antonyms: | be certain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | withstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | brace, brave, buck, combat, confront, contest, cope, cross, defy, dispute, duel, face, fight, fly in the face of, grapple with, hang on*, hang tough*, hold off*, hold one's ground, hold out*, oppose, prevail against, put up struggle, put up with, remain firm, repel, resist, ride out*, sit and take it, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand up against, stand up to, stick fast, stick*, suffer, take, take it*, take on, thwart, tolerate, traverse, violate, weather, win out |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come to grips with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deal with |
| Synonyms: | bear, bite the bullet, brace, brave, confront, contend, endure, face, stomach, suffer, sustain, take, withstand, cope with, go to the mat, grapple with, make a stand |
| Main Entry: | throw down the gauntlet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invite to do battle |
| Synonyms: | ask for trouble, call out, challenge, confront, contest, cross swards, dare, defy, do something about it, invite to debate, knock the chip off one's shoulder, meet face to face, provoke, stand up to, start something |
| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine in contrast |
| Synonyms: | analyze, approach, balance, bracket, collate, confront, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, divide, equal, examine, hang, inspect, juxtapose, match, measure, observe, oppose, parallel, ponder, rival, scan, scrutinize, segregate, separate, study, touch, weigh, hold a candle to, match up, place in juxtaposition, set against, set side by side, size up, stack up against, weigh against another |
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compete, fight |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it*, go for jugular, grapple, have at*, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns*, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, defy someone |
| Synonyms: | beard, brave, bully, call one's bluff, confront, cope, denounce, disregard, face, face off, front, goad, insult, knock chip off shoulder, laugh at, make my day, meet, mock, muster courage, oppose, outdare, provoke, resist, run the gauntlet, scorn, spurn, square off, step over the line, take one on, taunt, threaten, throw down gauntlet |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | bear, bump into, close, come across, come upon, confront, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, find, front, meet, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo, alight upon, chance upon, cross the path, fall in with, hit upon, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into |
| Antonyms: | avoid, evade, retreat, run away |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
