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Synonyms for confront
kənˈfrʌntcon·front
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
confront
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,"
Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.Synonyms:
abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
confront
Synonyms:
oppose, face, encounter, resist, intimidate, menaceAntonyms:
rally, encourage, abet, countenance
Princeton's WordNet
confront, faceverb
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
"You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
Synonyms:
present, face, front, look, face upAntonyms:
avoidconfront, face up, faceverb
deal with (something unpleasant) head on
"You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
Synonyms:
present, face, front, look, face upAntonyms:
avoidconfront, face, presentverb
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
"We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
Synonyms:
portray, demonstrate, demo, deliver, acquaint, represent, pose, give, lay out, front, look, face up, award, introduce, present, exhibit, face, stage, salute, gift, show, submitAntonyms:
avoidconfrontverb
be face to face with
"The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
Synonyms:
present, face, face upAntonyms:
avoid
Dictionary of English Synonymes
confrontverb
Synonyms:
encounter, face, bring face to face, oppose openlyconfrontverb
Synonyms:
compare, bring into comparison
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#249 | address | |
#268 | show | |
#446 | look | |
#461 | live | |
#555 | give | |
#591 | gift | |
#794 | front | |
#805 | present | |
#859 | meet | |
#868 | submit | |
#871 | watch | |
#973 | face | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1367 | award | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1572 | stage | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2277 | counter | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2590 | remain | |
#2976 | represent | |
#3338 | deliver | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3520 | demo | |
#4403 | exhibit | |
#4575 | combat | |
#4615 | demonstrate | |
#4968 | facing | |
#5050 | introduce | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#8506 | tackle | |
#9747 | pose | |
#9848 | cope | |
#9957 | resist | |
#12106 | abide | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14382 | reside | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#18518 | salute | |
#19022 | await | |
#19164 | menace | |
#24770 | portray | |
#30748 | inhabit | |
#37463 | intimidate | |
#41596 | sojourn | |
#47239 | acquaint | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#68400 | bide |
How to use confront in a sentence?
We have no choice but to confront climate change, so our entire building form, and detailing and tech, was all driven by this net zero energy goal -- doing a building that didn't consume anymore energy than it generated on its own.
The reason Republicans hate me so much is because I confront them directly. Their moral -- their lack of moral grounding on so many issues, and, not just that, but the reason they are so upset, and they act like that girl in The Exorcist thats like vomiting pea soup, thats like them and negativity.
We should cooperate with China wherever we can, but we have to confront China where we must, some of their activities in the South China Sea falls into that category.
Voting to authorize the use of military force is one of the most important actions Congress can take, and while there will be differences, it is my hope that we will fulfill our constitutional responsibility, and in a bipartisan way, pass an authorization that allows us to confront this serious threat.
If users didn't think Facebook and its messaging apps were all the same company, they will have to confront that reality now, knitting the messaging apps together shows that Facebook wants to exert more control over them, and that may lead to more internal executive conflict.
Translations for confront
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- konfronteerAfrikaans
- مواجهةArabic
- изправям се пред, съпоставям, имам работа с, противостоя, стоя срещуBulgarian
- konfrontovatCzech
- konfrontereDanish
- gegenübertreten, Sache, begegnen, entgegentreten, konfrontieren, stellen, gegenüberstellenGerman
- αντιμετωπίGreek
- enfrentar, confrontarSpanish
- روبرو شدن باPersian
- kohdataFinnish
- affronter, confronterFrench
- התעמתHebrew
- सामना करनाHindi
- szembeszállHungarian
- menghadapiIndonesian
- affrontare, confrontareItalian
- לְהִתְעַמֵתHebrew
- 対峙するJapanese
- 대치하다Korean
- adversusLatin
- confronteren, tegenover stellen, vergelijkenDutch
- konfrontereNorwegian
- konfrontowaćPolish
- confrontar, enfrentarPortuguese
- confruntaRomanian
- противостоять, сопоставля́ть, ста́лкиваться, противопоста́вить, столкну́ться, противопоставля́ть, противостоя́ть, сопоста́вить, [[име́ть]] [[де́ло]] (с)Russian
- ballafaqoj, përballojAlbanian
- konfronteraSwedish
- எதிர்கொள்ளTamil
- అదుపుచేయలేనిTelugu
- เผชิญหน้าThai
- karşılaştırmak, karşısına çıkmak, yüzleştirmek, karşı koymakTurkish
- протистоятиUkrainian
- مقابلہUrdu
- Đối đầuVietnamese
- קאָנפראָנטYiddish
- 面对Chinese
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