Dictionary Results for encounter
1. encounter - noun · a minor short-term fight Synonym(s): brush, clash, skirmish Hypernym(s): fight, fighting, combat, scrap
2. encounter - noun · a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" Synonym(s): meeting Hypernym(s): convergence
3. encounter - noun · a casual meeting with a person or thing Synonym(s): coming_upon Hypernym(s): joining, connection, connexion
4. encounter - noun · a hostile disagreement face-to-face Synonym(s): confrontation, showdown, face-off Hypernym(s): disagreement
5. encounter - verb · come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" Synonym(s): meet, run_into, run_across, come_across, see
6. encounter - 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" Synonym(s): find, happen, chance, bump
7. encounter - verb · be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" Synonym(s): run_into Hypernym(s): be
8. encounter - verb · experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" Synonym(s): meet, receive Hypernym(s): have, experience
9. encounter - verb · contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" Synonym(s): meet, play, take_on
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