Synonyms of confronted

confronted

verb

past tense of confront

as in faced

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

you must confront your fear in order to conquer it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faced
• encountered
• braved
• dared
• bearded
• withstood
• stood up to
• resisted
• defied
• met
• brazened
• breasted
• fought
• outfaced
• challenged
• approached
• outbraved
• affronted
• fronted
• stood
• accosted
• faced up (to)
• cornered
• opposed
• combated
• battled
• repelled
• contended (with)
• squared (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• ducked
• dodged
• sidestepped
• shirked
• shunned
• eschewed
• escaped
• shook
• evaded
• eluded
• funked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confronted

Reese quickly confronted Clark before teammates separated them. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

But when King‘s Kylie decides to take matters into her own hands to rid the curse for good, she is confronted with danger, leaving Sally to rely on her magic to save her. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

The Athletic is confronted with dozens of multicoloured wires and cables, plugged in to a panel on an outside broadcast truck. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Rohit approached the woman and confronted her, investigators said. — Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Along the way, Reid confronted several dynasties before overseeing one of his own. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

Security confronted him, and two people were knocked to the ground in the process. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026

After China and the United States first aggressively confronted each other on trade and technology, culminating in the trade war in 2018, the two countries reached the Phase One trade agreement, in January 2020, which stabilized ties. — Da Wei, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2026

Those girls and another teen employee quit the restaurant after Roberts confronted Steppach about the accusations, the report states. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2026