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

Like other communities confronting the prospect of a data center for the first time, many residents in this town of roughly 18,000 people are concerned about noise, water use, and power shortages. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

In a dystopian Madrid where children become the legal guardians of their parents, María confronts the system when her mother is admitted to La edad menor, an irreversible process of infantilization. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

Phillips’s Bowery show confronts the local-global conundrum head-on by organizing the most extensive exhibition about a single street ever installed at an art museum. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026

Pritzker deserves credit for speaking candidly about the treatment that has worked for him and helping confront the stigma that still surrounds obesity and its treatment. — Disha Narang, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026