confront

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
  2. (transitive) To deal with.
  3. (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
  4. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
  5. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
  6. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  7. (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

Synonyms

face
A1
encounter
C1
oppose
C1
meet
A1
fight
A1
face up
front
A1
tackle
C1
compare
B2
stand up to
combat
B2
present
A2
attack
A2
👊
dare
A2
struggle
B2
challenge
B1
defy
C1
clash
C2
battle
B1
contrast
C2
opposite
B2
outface
brave
B1
breast
B2
accuse
C1
testify
B2
visit
A2
weather
B1
withstand
C2

bring face to face

come face to face

come up against

fight against

make a stand against

meet face to face

be opposite to

be confronted with

be in a stalemate

engage in a hand-to-hand fight

face encounter

wait to meet

cause to face

stop
A1
🛑

place face to face

abut
48k

address

affront
27k
approach
B2
bulldoze
46k
collate
Translations

confronter
affronter
affrontare
enfrentar
gegenüberstellen
konfrontieren
confrontar
confrontare
afrontar
confronteren
fronteggiare
واجه

αντιμετωπίζω

entgegentreten

enfrentar
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈfɹʌnt/
Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

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