collide

Meaning

1. To impact directly, especially if violent.
2. To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
3. To meet; to come into contact.

Synonyms

clash

crash

hit

bump

bump into

strike

run into

fight

smash

conflict

knock

impact

knock together

meet

battle

touch

ram

🐏

run over

jar

🫙

stumble

encounter

dash

💨

dispute

be coincident with

come together accidentally

meet unexpectedly

coincide

impinge

crash against

set about

shock

⚡

shoot

slam

snag

stir up

struggle

trip

wrap

brush against

bump against

fall foul of

knock into

move along

quarrel with

smash into

come into collision

impaction collide

knock against

argue

assemble

attack

👊

bang

batter

cannon

catch

collision

💥

compete

contend

contravene

disagree

duel

engage

fall

gore

hammer

🔨

hurtle

impinge on

impinging

interfere

jam

abut

knock over

oppose

pull over

run against

run in

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈlaɪd/

Etymology

From Latin collidere (“to strike or clash together”), from com- (“together”) + laedere (“to strike, dash against, hurt”); see lesion.