encounter

encounter is a 9-letter English word with 13 senses as adverb, intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
2. intransitive verb. To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.
3. transitive verb. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
4. transitive verb. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
5. noun. a casual meeting with a person or thing
6. noun. a minor short-term fight

   Synonyms: brush, clash, skirmish

7. noun. a hostile disagreement face-to-face

   Synonyms: confrontation, showdown

8. noun. a casual or unexpected convergence

   "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"

   "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

   Synonyms: meeting

9. verb. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

   "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"

   "Charlie likes to play Mary"

   Synonyms: meet, play

10. verb. come together

    "I'll probably see you at the meeting"

    "How nice to see you again!"

    Synonyms: meet, see

11. 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"

    Synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen

12. verb. be beset by

    "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

13. verb. experience as a reaction

    "My proposal met with much opposition"

    Synonyms: meet, receive

Synonyms

brush, clash, skirmish, confrontation, showdown, meeting, meet, play, see, bump, chance, find, happen, receive

Common word forms

encounters, encountered, encounterer, encountering, encounterable

Words from these letters

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