Synonyms of encounter

1 Syllable
cope, brush, met, clash, shock
2 Syllables
detect, fronted, fronting, shoot-out, faced, affray, struggle, skirmish, outstart, jousted, meeting, blitzkreig, coped, run-in, lucking, face-off, shootout, assails, contend, matchup, concours, confront, tussling, clashed, lucked, grappled, tussled, risking, tourney, coping, fistfight, impact, combat, clashes, squabbled, onset, grappling, assail, tussle, conflict, squabbling, attack
3 Syllables
affronting, contended, receptions, traumatism, assailing, confronted, compete, undergo, collision, appointment, rendezvous, endure, competing, detected, skirmishing, conclave, skirmished, collisions, undergoing, converge, affronted, tug-of-war, combatted, assailed, combatting, detecting, jeopardies, reception, underwent, contending, converged, interview, endured, rivalry, skirmishes, competed, undergoes, converging, rivalries, appulse
4 Syllables
polarities, discoveries, antinomy, competition, discovery, confrontation, oppositions, confrontations, unfriendliness, adventuring, concurrence, competitions, polarity, opposition
5 Syllables
counterattacked, obstructiveness, interlocution