Synonyms of confront

confront

verb

kən-ˈfrənt 

as in to face

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage

you must confront your fear in order to conquer it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• face
• brave
• dare
• encounter
• withstand
• defy
• stand up to
• resist
• meet
• breast
• fight
• beard
• brazen
• outface
• outbrave
• front
• challenge
• stand
• approach
• face up (to)
• oppose
• affront
• repel
• combat
• accost
• battle
• contend (with)
• corner
• square (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• dodge
• sidestep
• shirk
• shun
• duck
• eschew
• evade
• escape
• elude
• shake
• funk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confront

Niewiadoma-Phinney confronted the 20-year-old, who was subsequently said to have received death threats online. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

As the victim remains on life support, his family is confronting a decision no mother wants to make. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

McConaughey played Larry Dean Dickens, a Marine in Pasadena, Texas, who confronted a man, Edward Harold Bell, who was exposing himself to children. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Reportedly, the mayor’s staff has been keeping him in the bunker of City Hall, like so many of his predecessors in times of crisis, confronting the rest of San Diego in us-versus-them terms. — Carl Luna, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026