| Main Entry: | confrontation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict |
Synonyms: |
affray, battle, contest, crisis, dispute, encounter, fight, meeting, set-to, showdown, strife |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
Synonyms: |
clash, conflict, confrontation, encounter, engagement, fracas, rub, run-in, scrap, set-to, skirmish, tap, touch, tussle |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
Synonyms: |
claiming, confrontation, dare, defiance, demanding, demur, interrogation, objection, protest, provocation, remonstrance, summons to contest, test, threat, trial, ultimatum |
Antonyms: |
agree, answer, decide, win |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement or fight, often brief |
Synonyms: |
affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conflict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, discordance, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, have a go at each other, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | crisis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical situation |
Synonyms: |
big trouble, catastrophe, change, climacteric, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, hot potato, hour of decision, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth, necessity, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, plight, point of no return, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | defiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience, disregard |
Synonyms: |
affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness |
Antonyms: |
acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance meeting |
Synonyms: |
appointment, brush, concurrence, confrontation, interview, rendezvous |
Antonyms: |
avoidance, evasion, retreat |
| Main Entry: | engagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle |
Synonyms: |
action, combat, conflict, confrontation, contest, encounter, fight, fray, skirmish |
Antonyms: |
surrender |
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical encounter |
Synonyms: |
action, affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal, bout, brawl, broil, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, controversy, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dogfight, duel, engagement, exchange, feud, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hostility, joust, match, melee, quarrel, riot, rivalry, round, row, ruckus, rumble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, sparring match, strife, struggle, tiff, to-do, tussle, war, wrangling |
Antonyms: |
peace |
| Main Entry: | meeting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering, conference |
Synonyms: |
affair, assemblage, assembly, assignation, audience, bunch, call, cattle call, company, competition, conclave, concourse, concursion, confab, conflict, confrontation, congregation, congress, contest, convention, convocation, date, encounter, engagement, gang, get-together, huddle, introduction, meet, one on one, parley, powwow, rally, rendezvous, reunion, session, showdown, talk, tryst, turnout |