Related Words for encounter

Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts. Read More Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster. Send us feedback.
WordSyllablesCategories
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
happen
/x
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
find
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
see
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
receive
x/
Noun, Verb, Noun
confrontation
xx/x
Noun, Noun
play
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
chance
/
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
showdown
/x
Verb, Noun
hit
/
Noun, Verb, Noun, Adjective
bump
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
skirmish
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
clash
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
brush
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
coming upon
/xx/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
ran into
/x/
Phrase, Noun
run across
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
run into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take on
//
Phrase, Verb
confront
x/
Verb
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
experiencing
x/xxx
Verb
faced
/
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb
arise
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
befriend
x/
Verb
witness
/x
Noun
overcome
/xx
Verb
difficulties
/xxx
Noun
observe
x/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
stumble
/x
Noun
acquaintance
x/x
Noun
recounting
x/x
Noun
misfortune
x/x
Noun
dealing
/x
Verb
present
/x
Noun
interaction
xx/x
Noun
challenges
/xx
Noun
interact
xx/
Noun
troubles
/x
Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
suffer
/x
Verb
recall
/x
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
beset
x/
Verb
ordeals
x/
Noun
travails
x/
Noun
occur
x/
Verb
problems
/x
Noun
unexpected
xx/x
Adjective
altercation
xx/x
Noun
recollect
xx/
Verb
battle
/x
Noun
glimpse
/
Noun
struggle
/x
Noun
fight
/
Noun
learn
/
Verb
defeat
x/
Noun
allude
x/
Verb
accompany
x/xx
Verb
invariably
x/xxx
Adverb
predicaments
x/xx
Noun
likely
/x
Adjective
perceive
x/
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
conversation
xx/x
Noun
relish
/x
Noun
appear
x/
Verb
describing
x/x
Verb
reminded
x/x
Verb
troublesome
/xx
Adjective
incident
/xx
Noun
resolve
x/
Noun
engage
x/
Verb
provoke
x/
Verb
relate
x/
Verb
suspect
x/
Noun
having
/x
Verb
survive
x/
Verb
talk
/
Noun
come
/
Verb
journeying
/xx
Noun
inevitably
x/xxx
Adverb
ensuing
/xx
Verb
attack
x/
Noun
sojourn
/x
Noun
presume
x/
Verb
unaware
xx/
Adjective
hostile
/x
Adjective
unforeseen
xx/
Adjective
combat
/x
Noun
unanticipated
xx/xxx
Adjective
escapade
/xx
Noun
emerge
x/
Verb
scenario
x/xx
Noun
know
/
Verb
escape
x/
Noun
result
x/
Noun
occurrence
x/x
Noun
surprise
x/
Noun
attempt
x/
Noun
dilemmas
x/x
Noun
resemble
x/x
Verb
unlikely
x/x
Adjective
situations
xx/x
Noun
tussle
/x
Noun
traversing
x/x
Verb
aware
x/
Adjective
summoned
/x
Verb
persist
x/
Verb
forget
x/
Verb
solve
/
Verb
stumble across
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
bump into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take
/
Verb
catch
/
Noun
touch
/
Noun
run up against
//x/
Phrase, Verb
fetch up
//
Phrase, Verb
counter
/x
Noun
contact
/x
Noun
entertain
xx/
Verb
cope
/
Verb
limp
/
Adjective
come over
//x
Phrase, Verb
show up
//
Phrase, Verb
shock
/
Noun
collide
x/
Noun
come by
//
Phrase, Verb
trip up
//
Phrase, Verb
crop up
//
Phrase, Verb
nose
/
Noun
creep up on
///
Phrase, Verb
come out with
///
Phrase, Verb
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
entrap
x/
Verb
break into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall
/
Noun
catch up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
explore
x/
Verb
impact
x/
Noun
truck
/
Noun
impinge
x/
Verb
befall
x/
Verb
tryst
/
Noun
foul
/
Adjective
intervene
xx/
Verb
jumble
/x
Noun
overtake
/xx
Verb
visit
/x
Noun
worsted
/x
Verb
alterity
x/xx
Noun
actualization
/xxx/x
Noun
addict
x/
Noun, Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adolescent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
aftercare
/xx
Noun
alignment
x/x
Noun
amateur
/xx
Adjective, Noun
approval
x/x
Noun
attachment
x/x
Noun
collision
x/x
Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
consultation
xx/x
Noun
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
cross
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
defiantly
x/xx
Adverb
descent
x/
Noun
discovery
x/xx
Noun
engagement
x/x
Noun
epiphany
x/xx
Noun
episode
/xx
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
experiment
x/xx
Noun, Verb
extraction
x/x
Noun
foray
/x
Noun, Verb
gathering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
grapple
/x
Verb, Noun
incursion
x/x
Noun
intersect
xx/
Verb
interview
/xx
Noun, Verb
locate
/x
Verb
misadventure
xx/x
Noun
mishap
/x
Noun, Verb
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun, Verb
powwow
/x
Noun, Verb
produce
x/
Verb, Noun
prognosis
x/x
Noun
relationship
x/xx
Noun
rendezvous
/xx
Noun, Verb
replay
x/
Noun, Verb
resumption
x/x
Noun
sortie
/x
Noun, Verb
standoff
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
symmetry
/xx
Noun
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
undergo
xx/
Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
headlines
/x
Noun