Antonyms for encounters
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : en-koun-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkaʊn tər |
Definition of encounters
Origin :- c.1300, "meeting of adversaries, confrontation," from Old French encontre "meeting; fight; opportunity," noun use of preposition/adverb encontre "against, counter to" from Late Latin incontra "in front of," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + contra "against" (see contra). Modern use of the word in psychology is from 1967, from the work of U.S. psychologist Carl Rogers (1902-1987). Encounter group attested from 1967.
- noun chance meeting
- noun fight, argument
- verb happen upon
- verb fight, attack
- Licorice Stick's encounters with "sperrits" had never brought him a cent.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- In these encounters the British lost three aircraft of various types.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- Men like him are so rare that it is not unnatural to doubt them when one encounters them.
- Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
- True, so far as their encounters were concerned, Fairfield had not been encouraging.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- These two encounters represented what he understood war to be.
- Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
- They have been badly defeated in the three encounters they have had with the Solarite so far.
- Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
- In one of these encounters, however, I chanced to be of some service to him.
- Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Their losses in the last two encounters had been too great for them to show the least mercy.
- Extract from : « The Giraffe Hunters » by Mayne Reid
- There were encounters with the troops, and some blood was shed.
- Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
- But one or two encounters have taken place to prove the exception.
- Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton
Synonyms for encounters
- action
- affront
- alight upon
- appointment
- battle
- bear
- bout
- brush
- bump into
- chance upon
- clash
- clash with
- close
- collide
- collision
- combat
- come across
- come upon
- concurrence
- conflict
- confront
- confrontation
- contend
- contention
- contest
- cross swords
- cross the path
- descry
- detect
- dispute
- do battle
- engage
- engagement
- espy
- experience
- face
- fall in with
- find
- flap
- fray
- front
- grapple
- hassle
- hit upon
- interview
- meet
- meet up with
- quarrel
- rendezvous
- rub eyeballs
- rumpus
- run across
- run into
- run smack into
- run-in
- scrap
- set-to
- skirmish
- strive
- struggle
- suffer
- sustain
- turn up
- undergo
- velitation
- violence
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