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confrontation - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | confrontation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle, contest, crisis, dispute, encounter, fight, meeting, showdown, strife, set-to |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
| Synonyms: | confrontation, dare, defiance, demanding, demur, interrogation, objection, protest, provocation, remonstrance, test, threat, trial, ultimatum, claiming, summons to contest |
| Antonyms: | agree, answer, decide, win |
| Main Entry: | crisis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical situation |
| Synonyms: | catastrophe, change, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch*, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth*, necessity, pass, pickle*, pinch*, plight, point of no return*, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency, big trouble, climacteric, hot potato, hour of decision, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience, disregard |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk*, big talk*, boldness, bravado, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, dare, defy, effrontery, gas*, guts*, hot air*, impudence, insolence, insubordination, lip*, muster*, opposition, order, provocation, rebellion, revolt, sass*, spite, stump, summons, temerity, brazenness, contrariness, contumacy, enjoinder, factiousness, impugnment, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, perversity, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, brush, confrontation, contretemps, dispute, encounter, falling-out*, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, skirmish, tussle, bickering, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, engagement, feud, fisticuffs*, fracas, fray, melee, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run-in*, scrap*, scuffle, strife, tiff, tussle, war |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook*, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop, discordance, have a go at each other, set-to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance meeting |
| Synonyms: | appointment, brush, concurrence, confrontation, interview, rendezvous |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, evasion, retreat |
| 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, 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, skirmish, strife, struggle, tiff, to-do*, tussle, war, dogfight, set-to*, sparring match, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meeting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering, conference |
| Synonyms: | affair, assemblage, assembly, assignation, audience, bunch, call, cattle call, company, competition, conclave, concourse, conflict, confrontation, congregation, congress, contest, convention, convocation, date, encounter, engagement, gang, get-together, huddle, introduction, meet, parley, powwow*, rally, rendezvous, reunion, session, showdown, talk, tryst, turnout*, concursion, confab, one on one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | clash, conflict, confrontation, encounter, engagement, fracas, rub, run-in, scrap, skirmish, tap, touch, tussle, set-to |
| Main Entry: | engagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle |
| Synonyms: | action, combat, conflict, confrontation, contest, encounter, fight, fray, skirmish |
| Antonyms: | surrender |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of emotion |
| Synonyms: | commotion, confrontation, exhibition, fit, fuss, performance, row, tantrum, to-do*, upset, carrying-on, temper tantrum |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | composure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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