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Noun
▲
An unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something
meeting
brush
rendezvous
contact
confrontation
appointment
concurrence
happenstance
interview
chance meeting
introduction
incident
experience
presentation
audience
formality
meetup
tweetup
“Rey's encounter with Luke on the tiny island of Ahch-To didn't quite go as planned.”
Noun
▲
A confrontation or unpleasant struggle
clash
conflict
fight
skirmish
battle
brush
engagement
run-in
confrontation
action
dispute
combat
contest
hassle
scrap
scrape
afters
argument
bout
collision
quarrel
contention
flap
fray
rencounter
rumpus
velitation
violence
dust-up
face-off
head-to-head
set-to
fights
struggles
clashes
conflicts
frays
skirmishes
encounters
tussles
duels
scraps
scuffles
campaigns
crusades
attacks
brawls
fracases
melees
scrimmages
affrays
bouts
dogfights
fightings
onslaughts
rumbles
wrangles
actions
face-offs
jousts
scrums
sorties
barrages
broils
dustups
boilovers
bombings
brushes
onsets
pushes
head-to-heads
bust-ups
dust-ups
set-tos
shoot-outs
free-for-alls
punch-ups
battles royal
hassles
rows
tugs-of-war
matches
donnybrooks
disputes
ruckuses
ball games
quarrels
feuds
rumpuses
shindies
shindigs
riots
run-ins
ructions
disagreements
rucks
squabbles
rammies
controversies
spats
brouhahas
argy-bargies
barneys
misunderstandings
fallings-out
tiffs
rencounters
challenges
tumults
rough-and-tumbles
exchanges
imbroglios
rough and tumbles
scrabbles
bickers
ding-dongs
bickerings
shouting matches
brannigans
miffs
wranglings
stoushes
wars of words
blitzes
breaches of the peace
to-dos
tournaments
turf wars
scrambles
flaps
raids
military operations
differences of opinion
strikes
scrapes
power struggles
incidents
passages of arms
slanging matches
mix-ups
tugs of war
strivings
scenes
jumps
sieges
difference
shocks
disaccord
blowups
fields
battle plans
jostles
moves
advances
dissents
invasions
drives
conflagrations
disunities
threaps
tangles
dissidence
bunfights
goes
rushes
vendettas
warrings
thrust
collieshangies
operations
jihads
strategy
discordance
rattles
confusion
shuffles
bangarangs
hullabaloos
slugfests
feudings
velitations
bovver
smackdowns
fist fights
counterinsurgencies
brush-offs
matchups
pageants
high noons
crises
blow-offs
whirls
tries
hot wars
gainstriving
belligerency
flak
bones to pick
gainstrife
bones of contention
undertakings
grinds
events
derbies
duellos
monomachies
single combats
shootouts
gunfights
stakes
pitched battles
runnings
blow-ups
play
practice
rounds
intrusion
occupation
interference
intervention
wallops
bumps
jolts
oppositions
mix ups
breaks
smashes
jars
rifts
endeavorsUS
endeavoursUK
efforts
stramashes
assailments
blitzkriegs
stormings
offencesUK
maneuversUS
sallies
offensesUS
coups de main
manoeuvresUK
aggression
forays
incursions
acts of war
animosities
squabblings
inharmony
schisms
disunion
quarrelingsUS
dissonance
infighting
factionalism
bad blood
discordancies
trouble
dissentions
division
quarrellingsUK
factions
rat race
hustles
runs
stampedes
conglomerations
jockeyings
dashes
expedition
mission
courses of action
motion
titles
elimination
crowns
outcries
bowwows
ballyhoos
chatters
clangorsUS
hubbubs
hoo-has
blares
clangoursUK
babble
rackets
yellings
dins
turbulence
noise
blusters
shoutings
pandemoniums
babels
stir
roars
bruit
crashes
squalls
clatters
vociferations
katzenjammers
cacophony
jangles
more ❯
“Later, at the top mountain, the explorers would have an unpleasant encounter with a feral bear.”
Noun
▲
A sudden short bout of an illness or stress
attack
bout
fit
outburst
spell
case
dose
occurrence
run
stint
eruption
outbreak
relapse
streak
access
frenzy
series
spasm
fury
siege
stroke
suffering
burst
convulsion
explosion
stretch
battle
period
rush
throe
conniption
patch
torrent
turn
flare
seizure
spurt
blowup
flurry
paroxysm
spree
ailment
round
spate
blow-up
flare-up
welling up
tantrum
hissy
hissy fit
epidemic
breakout
recrudescence
thunder
sudden appearance
overflow
season
duration
fever
ferment
dispute
outrage
span
expulsion
outcry
avalanche
start
snatch
deluge
inflammation
bomb
touch
splash
hissie fit
conniption fit
flow
vomiting
excess
stab
show
binge
surfeit
commotion
rending
plague
crash
breaking
brawl
irruption
effervescence
disorder
sundering
disruption
tumult
sortie
volley
gushing
indulgence
overindulgence
splurge
sudden display
sudden exhibition
sudden show
overconsumption
orgy
more ❯
Noun
▲
A military strike or incursion
attack
strike
assault
blitz
offensive
invasion
onslaught
raid
campaign
incursion
intrusion
assailing
barrage
push
assailment
descent
rush
offenseUS
onset
sally
aggression
crusade
foray
initiative
intervention
storming
blitzkrieg
drive
hit
skirmish
inroad
sortie
thrust
advance
defilement
encroachment
irruption
charge
offenceUK
onrush
razzia
heavy attack
act of aggression
commencement of hostilities
coup de main
more ❯
Noun
▲
An organized competition or activity usually performed for the enjoyment of a mass of people
event
competition
contest
match
game
performance
tournament
race
bout
clash
battle
championship
fight
fixture
heat
matchup
meeting
mill
playdown
play-off
rematch
replay
round
run
split
sweep-stake
sweepstakes
tourney
athletics
biathlon
decathlon
derby
final
heptathlon
marathon
pentathlon
rally
round-robin
semifinal
set
skirmish
sudden death
triathlon
tug-of-war
tussle
ultramarathon
matches
fixtures
meets
events
tourneys
bouts
tournaments
clashes
fights
duels
tests
matchups
head-to-heads
ties
derbies
splits
playdowns
test matches
play-offs
dogfights
struggles
finals
conflicts
tugs-of-war
face-offs
battles
ball games
series
challenges
cup ties
local derbies
scrimmages
rounds
encounters
friendlies
prizefights
playoffs
cups
brawls
scraps
jousts
skirmishes
rumbles
tussles
dustups
wrangles
scrums
tilts
cup finals
scuffles
battles royal
run-ins
discussions
testing
pageants
galas
provings
rencounters
tryings
quarter-finals
semi-finals
replays
rematches
candidacies
leagues
drives
one-upmanships
quizzes
counteractions
horse races
time trials
pursuit
relays
runs
marathons
relay races
chases
sprints
courses
rushes
rallies
scurries
steeplechases
runnings
dashes
deciders
tie-breaks
shootouts
tiebreakers
rivalry
mills
more ❯
Noun
▲
An activity or event one has undergone
experience
event
incident
occurrence
ordeal
affair
episode
venture
act
case
circumstance
exploration
feat
occasion
phenomenon
test
trial
tribulation
undertaking
deed
enterprise
expedition
happening
ploy
risk
stunt
time
contingency
baptism
hazard
speculation
chance
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or process of sighting the existence of something for the first time
discovery
finding
unearthing
detection
find
locating
location
spotting
uncovering
exposition
exposure
revelation
detecting
espial
establishment
exposing
identification
sighting
unfolding
unveiling
turning up
digging up
searching out
smoking out
bringing to light
disclosure
discovering
strike
light
excavation
more ❯
Noun
▲
The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles
polarity
opposition
contrariety
contradiction
duality
antithesis
dichotomy
separation
antagonism
conflict
contradictoriness
contrariness
difference
oppositeness
paradox
action
ambivalence
antinomy
antonymy
aversion
brush
clash
combat
competition
con
confronting
contention
contest
contradistinction
contraposition
counteraction
counterattack
defenceUK
defenseUS
defiance
disapproval
divergence
division
duel
engagement
fray
grapple
hostility
negativism
obstructiveness
opposure
oppugnancy
polarisationUK
polarizationUS
prevention
repugnance
repulsion
resistance
rivalry
schism
skirmish
split
strife
struggle
unfriendliness
violation
war
warfare
civil disobedience
contrast
duplexity
doubleness
dualism
biformity
gulf
chasm
divorce
disparity
symmetry
differentiation
twofoldness
divide
rupture
breach
severance
rift
disjunction
scission
gap
abyss
complement
dyad
incongruity
disunion
partition
trichotomy
irreconcilable difference
wide area of difference
lack of consistency
difference of opinion
more ❯
Noun
▲
A private meeting
conclave
assembly
conference
council
parley
session
cabinet
congress
convention
convocation
gathering
get-together
meeting
powwow
secret meeting
caucus
confab
forgathering
huddle
meet
runanga
summit
private meeting
buzz session
synod
diet
rally
congregation
committee
symposium
more ❯
Noun
▲
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time
tryst
appointment
assignation
date
engagement
rendezvous
meet
meeting
tete-a-tete
union
get-together
arrangement
commitment
interview
tweetup
session
consultation
fixture
affair
gig
errand
invitation
blind date
heavy date
meetup
commission
matinee
call
visit
double date
more ❯
Noun
▲
A forceful collision of two things
impact
collision
contact
crash
impingement
smash
force
accident
battering
pileup
sideswipe
wreck
smashup
bang
bump
clash
crush
hit
slam
brunt
shock
buffet
crunch
hammering
pounding
pummeling
pummeledUS
pummellingUK
ram
smack
meeting
fender bender
fender-bender
head-on
rear-ender
crack-up
pile-up
total
smash-up
road traffic accident
RTA
mess
wreckage
derailment
air crash
traffic accident
car accident
air accident
ditch
splashdown
road accident
car crash
multiple crash
rail accident
washout
stack-up
fender tag
multiple collision
more ❯
Noun
▲
The expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people
conversation
dialogueUK
discussion
chat
exchange
debate
dialogUS
discourse
talk
colloquy
confabulation
conference
argument
banter
converse
deliberation
argumentation
chinwag
comment
communication
communion
confab
consultation
counsel
expression
gossip
interchange
interlocution
repartee
word
yak
altercation
arbitration
buzz
convo
dissertation
gab
gabfest
gas
hearing
intercourse
interview
jive
mediation
negotiation
palaver
parlance
parley
powwow
questioning
remark
schmooze
speech
ventilation
yarn
adda
backchat
canvass
chatter
conciliation
consult
council
crack
craic
discussions
disputation
flap
gabbing
gassing
jaw
jawing
natter
nattering
observation
quarrel
rabbit
rap
remarks
review
scuttlebutt
duologue
chitter-chatter
chinwagging
sides
more ❯
Noun
▲
The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant
onset
beginning
start
birth
inception
commencement
dawn
outset
arrival
genesis
outbreak
appearance
opening
rise
alpha
baseline
creation
day one
get-go
git-go
incipience
incipiency
infancy
kickoff
kick-off
launch
morning
nascence
nascency
threshold
emergence
first appearance
access
assailment
dawning
onfall
onrush
origin
outstart
seizure
starting point
baptism
pioneering
establishing
instituting
organizationUS
institute
flotation
entrée
organisationUK
bringing about
exordium
first performance
first showing
actuation
preliminaries
coming out party
primer
interpolation
essentials
addition
awakening
lead
survey
insertion
influx
admittance
investiture
invention
devising
investment
instalmentUK
inaugural
installmentUS
basic text
first taste
first acquaintance
basic principles
innovation
forming
endowment
initiating
getting going
formulation
settlement
construction
originating
discovery
set-up
way in
first use
nursery
breeding place
putting in motion
setting in motion
getting under way
babyhood
christening
getting off the ground
ultimate cause
appointment
graduating
entree
unveiling
opening ceremony
inaugural ceremony
initiation ceremony
finding
breakthrough
find
dedication
building
enactment
instatement
leap
design
headway
contrivance
ablution
sanctification
purification
baptismal
dunking
purge
rite
purgation
ritual
ceremony
coinage
concoction
rite of passage
baptism of fire
rite de passage
device
discovering
conclusion
release
step forward
lucky strike
leap forward
quantum leap
more ❯
Noun
▲
A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience
shock
blow
distress
disturbance
surprise
trauma
bombshell
devastation
upset
disbelief
revelation
whammy
amazement
astonishment
confusion
consternation
hysteria
startlement
stupefaction
numbness
awe
earthquake
excitement
injury
thunderbolt
eye-opener
rude awakening
state of agitation
state of perturbation
source of amazement
source of consternation
source of distress
state of shock
double whammy
kick in the teeth
a bolt from the blue
a bolt out of the blue
bolt from the blue
misunderstanding
stirring up
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted
reception
receiving
acceptance
receipt
recipience
admission
getting
accession
acknowledgementUK
acknowledgmentUS
acquisition
delivery
disposition
induction
introduction
meeting
salutation
unloading
obtaining
taking
acquiring
gaining
arrival
having
accepting
intaking
admitting
securing
Noun
▲
A brief amorous relationship or encounter
hookup
fling
liaison
rendezvous
romance
tryst
affair
amour
dalliance
relationship
thing
flirtation
interlude
intimacy
involvement
rollick
romp
whirl
hanky-panky
love affair
romantic encounter
romantic entanglement
booty call
one night stand
romantic rendezvous
good time
sexual encounter
adulterous affair
illicit romance
netflix and chill
affaire
relations
affaire du cœur
affaire du couer
more ❯
Verb
▲
To discover something, especially by chance
meet
discover
find
catch
descry
run across
strike
bump into
chance upon
come upon
detect
espy
happen upon
hit upon
pitch upon
run into
stumble across
stumble upon
tumble upon
chance on
come across
come by
meet with
stumble on
alight upon
happen on
light on
light upon
stumble onto
turn up
fall in with
meet up with
luck into
meet by chance
run smack into
cross the path
rub eyeballs
get a load of
eyeball
diagnose
watch
set eyes on
take in
clap eyes on
survey
lay eyes on
check out
inspect
examine
gaze at
know
finger
contemplate
analyzeUS
scan
scrutinizeUS
get a glimpse of
determinate
diagnosticate
stare at
single out
heed
study
scrutiniseUK
name
establish
analyseUK
take a dekko at
check
discriminate
decide
differentiate
judge
become aware of
separate
have sight of
pay attention to
tag
isolate
ID
tell apart
read
case
recce
dig
rubberneck
select
peer at
take a gander at
follow
glance at
look on
take a shufti at
remember
investigate
divine
flash
reconnoitreUK
difference
secern
peg
get a fix on
gawp at
reconnoiterUS
tell
tab
take note of
know by sight
have a gander at
mind
have a squint at
have a dekko at
button down
estimate
keep a weather eye on
label
take notice of
demarcate
get an eyeful of
watch like a hawk
extricate
specify
describe
recall
sort out
consider
tell between
pronounce
recollect
validate
flag
mention
deduce
intuit
substantiate
gaze upon
scent
make a diagnosis
monitor
smell
taste
size up
recon
decide on
scout
know again
put a name to
call to mind
ponder
pipe
spy out
pay heed to
settle on
surveil
stake out
take note
nose around
be aware of
discrepate
keep watch on
spy on
have a shufti at
give something a once-over
keep under observation
keep under scrutiny
peep at
peek at
keep under surveillance
keep an eye on
make a distinction
become conscious of
keep tabs on
eagle-eye
feast your eyes on
keep a tab on
tell the difference
pore over
gape at
keep a beady eye on
focus on
have a look-see
scope out
flash on
apprehend
list
decry
interpret
characterizeUS
collate
divide
singularize
sift
qualify
categorizeUS
signalizeUS
individuate
classify
part
get a view of
decide between
make a distinction between
tell the difference between
feel
sniff
see briefly
give attention to
filter out
weed out
separate out
tell from
set apart
set off
mark off
apperceive
attend
take heed of
agnize
nail
ken
gawk at
glare at
identify problem
beware
ogle at
get a sight of
ring a bell
be familiar
give the once over
leer at
make eyes at
take stock of
concentrate on
take a butcher's at
ogle
take a gander
get an eyeful
focus
fathom
foresee
severalize
anticipate
individualiseUK
characteriseUK
categoriseUK
signaliseUK
individualizeUS
turn
ruminate
deliberate
cogitate
question
meditate
revolve
perpend
debate
entertain
weigh
look over
become cognizant of
have
peruse
reflect
state
comment
say
contrast
be a witness
be on the scene
look on at
be present
be present at
be a witness to
be on hand
see over
gape
kick around
wrestle with
take a glance at
chew over
mull over
leer
see through
make distinction
declare
be shown over
review
spectate
rubberneck at
give someone a once-over
understand
differentialize
oversee
scope
check something out
gaze
believe
audit
canvass
stare
overlook
assess
beam
take a look
think over
have a look
keep eagle eye on
give the eye
think about
get the picture
see the light
antithesiseUK
set off
discern a difference
comprehend
know what's what
antithesizeUS
split hairs
see a difference
draw a distinction
give something the once-over
earmark
keep one's eye on
keep track of
meddle
eavesdrop
search
peep
stag
research
sleuth
pry
announce
check over
have a look-see at
eagle eye
opine
interject
animadvert
interpose
assert
feast eyes on
probe
work undercover
poke around
listen in
fish out
secretly follow
crack
speak
commentate
wisecrack
utter
feast one's eyes
run reconnaissance
make a survey of
look out for
take a shufti round
see how the land lies
take a look at
make a reconnaissance of
case the joint
scout around
find out the lie of the land
rustle up
look around
scout out
make a reconnaissance
search for
make a recce of
choose
pass comment
take notice
mouth off
come out with
denounce
define
corroborate
certify
peach
grass on
inform on
nail down
make certain of
mark out
put the finger on
formal
indicate
squeal on
tell on
appoint
nominate
designate
tap
rat on
home in on
make up your mind on
key out
key
card
tell tales about
snitch on
zero in on
point to
point the finger at
blow the whistle on
sell down the river
spill the beans about
more ❯
“After months of sailing, we would finally encounter land.”
Verb
▲
To face or come upon something confronting or challenging
confront
face
undergo
endure
bear
experience
suffer
front
sustain
come across
go through
run into
live through
run against
be faced with
come into contact with
come up against
be forced to contend with
meet
meet with
brave
withstand
have
tolerate
feel
receive
taste
take
brook
witness
more ❯
“They would encounter many obstacles on their way to success.”
Verb
▲
To confront or come up against
confront
fight
oppose
attack
combat
accost
battle
engage
face
meet
affront
collide with
battle with
clash with
contend with
engage with
meet head-on
strive against
take on
face off against
get into conflict with
skirmish with
struggle against
struggle with
cross swords with
do battle with
grapple with
come into conflict with
meet head on
resist
refute
negate
disaffirm
disprove
repudiate
disclaim
disavow
reject
disconfirm
negative
disown
disallow
confute
impugn
dissent from
shoot down
shoot full of holes
debunk
discredit
question
query
contravene
declare untrue
shoot down in flames
call into question
protest against
explode
rebuff
invalidate
quash
doubt
brush aside
address
impeach
take exception to
demur against
argue about
demur about
quibble over
be at variance with
dismiss
forswear
call in
denounce
think wrong
call out
have a problem with
not support
not believe in
frown on
shake one's head
enquireUK
back-pedal
retract
nullify
inquireUS
litigate
test
investigate
interrogate
take back
belie
remonstrate
undermine
curb
ban
disbelieve
recant
begrudge
spurn
restrain
exclude
forgo
withsay
taboo
sacrifice
revoke
forbid
disacknowledge
rally against
come to blows with
be a dissenter from
rebel against
throw down
feud with
rival
be in conflict
be at odds
call on
not buy
enjoin from
hold back
keep back
conflict with
say no to
turn thumbs down
drive a coach and horses through
make a nonsense of
give the lie to
be inconsistent with
be at odds with
moot
examine
stand in the way
altercate
answer
bandy
canvass
crush
canvas
wrangle
squelch
pettifog
naysay
traverse
tear down
prove false
prove wrong
contend over
pick a bone
dissent against
put up argument
hammer away at
differ with
show up
quibble about
agitate against
show to be false
blow sky high
declare to be untrue
pick an argument with
prove to be wrong
wonder about
argue the pros and cons of
have an argument about
show to be wrong
give thumbs down to
prove to be false
blow out of the water
be at variance
more ❯
“Jaime gasped in horror at the realization that he was literally about to encounter a fire-breathing dragon.”
Verb
▲
To reveal or disclose
uncover
expose
discover
unveil
find
reveal
detect
unmask
disclose
divulge
unearth
come across
chance on
dig up
turn up
uncloak
bare
betray
disinter
extricate
find out
hit on
stumble across
stumble on
debunk
dredge up
ferret out
grub out
hunt out
make known
nail
nose out
open
root out
show
show up
spill
strip
tell
unbosom
undress
unwrap
give away
lay bare
break
bring to light
crack
leak
make public
strike
subject
tap
unclothe
bring into the open
let on about
smoke out
blow wide open
hit upon
lift the lid
open up
pull the plug on
spill the beans on
lay open
take the wraps off
tip one's hand
blow the whistle on
let the cat out of the bag
let out
blab
babble
inform
tattle
blow
squeal
mouth
blurt out
let on
display
manifest
demonstrate
air
out
present
evince
declare
brandish
bewray
prove
denude
nake
catch out
let slip
tell of
let drop
trot out
make manifest
tip off
make obvious
let cat out of bag
give the game away
bring out into the open
put on view
more ❯
Verb
▲
To receive a particular treatment
find
receive
incur
experience
welcome
bear
endure
gain
get
acquire
draw
invite
arouse
earn
make
be subjected to
bring upon oneself
bring upon yourself
expose oneself to
lay yourself open to
sustain
suffer
come in for
have
undergo
provoke
induce
go through
collect
meet with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have an experience of
taste
experience
undergo
feel
know
savourUK
savorUS
appreciate
see
witness
have
meet
sample
sustain
try
endure
pass
preview
suffer
recogniseUK
recognizeUS
touch
partake of
be exposed to
come up against
come face to face with
have knowledge of
meet with
run up against
go through
face
live through
confront
observe
be forced to contend with
be faced with
partake
digest
receive
assimilate
accept
have experience of
run into
come to grips with
withstand
come into contact
live
watch
perceive
behold
run the gauntlet
get
bear
apprehend
more ❯
Verb
▲
To try to cope with
grapple
struggle
fight
wrestle
battle
combat
tussle
scuffle
clash
contend
deal
engage
cope
face
tackle
bag
brawl
capture
catch
close
collar
confront
cop
corral
get
glom
grab
hook
land
nab
nail
net
nobble
rap
rassle
seize
snag
snare
snatch
trap
strive
clutch
fasten
handle
hug
snap up
take
take on
address yourself to
come to grips
get to grips
do battle
ensnare
entrap
arrest
apprehend
secure
enmesh
take into custody
abduct
win
entangle
lasso
lift
take captive
pull in
lay hold of
obtain
acquire
pinch
ensnarl
immesh
entoil
tangle
mesh
grasp
occupy
appropriate
achieve
waylay
detain
corner
nick
wrench
ambush
gain
prehend
take in
decoy
pick up
catch up
run in
lay hands on
pounce on
take prisoner
take hold of
get hold of
kidnap
reserve
procure
jag
tie
pin
button
commandeer
attain
bust
beach
bring in
claim
keep
catch in
haul in
reel in
get one's fingers on
take hostage
get caught in
get caught on
take possession
ambuscade
grip
address
accost
trammel
block
mousetrap
circumvent
con
surprise
overtake
wrest
save
free
pull
pluck
rescue
approach
stop
halt
hail
wire
springe
suck in
box in
lock in
set up
lay a trap for
rope in
fence in
run to earth
run to ground
score
extricate
salvage
recover
speak to
talk to
buttonhole
shout to
solicit
importune
call to
jump
jerk
yank
take aside
tree
grab hold of
seize hold of
get out
get hands on
round up
get fingers on
take a grip of
grab away
clap hands on
get a hold of
initiate a discussion with
overrun
annexUS
conquer
hijack
exploit
subjugate
take over
colonizeUS
subject
usurp
exact
force
coloniseUK
throttle
overcome
pounce
annexeUK
subdue
claw
overwhelm
overpower
incorporate
take possession of
remove
leap at
seize on
spirit away
jump at
take control of
take advantage of
carry off
take by storm
more ❯
Verb
▲
To compete against someone in a jousting contest
tilt
joust
clash
contend
fight
spar
attack
tourney
duel
break
combat
overthrow
break a lance
enter the lists
cross swords
struggle
battle
strive
wrangle
feud
quarrel
campaign
grapple
engage
contest
bombard
shoot
war
challenge
do battle
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make a concerted or violent attack on
assail
attack
assault
beset
charge
rush
storm
belaborUS
belabourUK
accost
mug
set about
turn on
besiege
bushwhack
fly at
invade
pounce on
raid
set upon
sic
sick
strike
trash
weigh into
fall on
jump
launch oneself at
let fly at
maltreat
round on
blister
blitz
bust
fall upon
hit out at
impugn
jump on
lace into
lash out at
launch an attack on
lay into
make an assault on
malign
molest
pitch into
sail into
set on
tear into
vilify
wade into
beat up
get stuck into
go in on
light into
come at
descend on
descend upon
have at
pounce upon
work over
have a go at
let someone have it
trap
siege
work on
hedge in
come at from all sides
more ❯
Verb
▲
To meet or come together at an agreed time and place
converge
assemble
concentreUK
concenterUS
concentrate
congregate
gather
meet
cluster
collect
conglomerate
convene
foregather
forgather
rendezvous
combine
concur
focalize
focus
mingle
rally
touch
enter in
consolidate
centralizeUS
compact
centerUS
unite
centreUK
centraliseUK
rationaliseUK
rationalizeUS
polariseUK
polarizeUS
systematiseUK
systematizeUS
garner
constrict
contract
cramp
eliminate
embody
hoard
intensify
muster
narrow
pick up
store
swarm
salt away
get to the meat
more ❯
Verb
▲
Quarrel noisily over a trivial matter
squabble
argue
quarrel
row
fight
bicker
dispute
scrap
wrangle
argufy
brawl
disagree
fall out
spar
altercate
clash
differ
brabble
controvert
hassle
jar
quibble
spat
tiff
threap
bandy words
be at odds
be at variance
cross swords
fail to agree
have a fight
have a misunderstanding
have a row
have words
lock horns
be at loggerheads
chop logic
fight like cat and dog
go at it hammer and tongs
vex
irk
tease
beset
besiege
upset
provoke
give someone grief
afflict
distress
molest
bully
exasperate
needle
dog
perturb
drive up the wall
importune
goad
bait
get to
pursue
heckle
torture
work on
pain
rack
nudge
agonizeUS
hector
give a hard time
pressurizeUS
agoniseUK
burden
fret
gnaw
gall
harrow
eat
curse
anguish
excruciate
assail
inconvenience
try
pressuriseUK
press
pick on
drive round the bend
bend someone's ear
prod
incommode
nettle
henpeck
rile
put out
chivy
urge
fuss
chafe
displease
get at
perplex
oppress
haunt
strain
breathe down someone's neck
get
nark
peeve
browbeat
ruffle
disoblige
grate
pique
impose on
peck at
rankle
embarrass
hurt
burn up
hack off
be at
rub up the wrong way
be a nuisance to
overrun
drive round the twist
gnaw at
hack you off
find fault with
give a bad time
pressure
bombard
remind
solicit
frustrate
stress out
petition
bore
antagonizeUS
grieve
frost
spite
gripe
intimidate
rark
anger
taunt
infuriate
incense
madden
intrude upon
concern
tantalizeUS
fear
disquiet
bullyrag
tantaliseUK
break
make angry
enrage
sweat
stew
rag
drive crazy
disgust
carp at
insist
surround
interrupt
overwhelm
set upon
antagoniseUK
discompose
infest
cross
moan at
grumble at
get on your wick
T-off
tee off
wind up
tick off
drive mad
make waves
egg on
cheese off
keep complaining to
nag at
encircle
rub the wrong way
be on the back of
fall on
keep at
harp on
prompt
chase
push
hunt
blight
fluster
lean on
rankle with
insist on
weary
put pressure on
give the business
scorn
rib
victimizeUS
chaff
push someon's buttons
bring pressure to bear on
barrage
ply
prey on
buttonhole
be prey to
be the victim of
lay waste
be on someone's back
sicken
nauseate
cause suffering to
punish
wring
smite
bone
victimiseUK
get in one's hair
get on one's nerves
weigh heavily on
lie heavy on
drive you up the wall
make cross
disrupt
tire
be a pest to
drive bananas
sadden
alarm
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
faze
disconcert
invest
gravel
drive to distraction
flood
inundate
leaguer
encompass
enclose
weigh down
spook
puzzle
disadvantage
blockade
psych
impose upon
cause inconvenience to
entangle
environ
get up your nose
bum out
make your blood boil
get your goat
get under your skin
give someone the hump
make someone fed up
storm
siege
entreat
beg
implore
beseech
rasp
itch
ail
start in on
aggress
put the squeeze on
compass
fall upon
ring
circle
overcome
invade
girdle
give one the business
hem in
give the needle
supplicate
put upon
push button
turn off
make someone see red
fire up
heat up
get your back up
get your dander up
overtax
overstretch
tense
create difficulties for
stir up
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
deluge
belabourUK
swamp
meddle
discombobulate
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
interfere
make uneasy
make uncomfortable
make anxious
flip out
exacerbate
scare
impede
hinder
insult
put your back up
ask for it
give someone the pip
upbraid
scratch
scout
curdle
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
stretch
traumatizeUS
cow
jostle
hit where one lives
hang up
give someone bother
give trouble
strong-arm
threaten
appeal to
enjoin
beef
grouse
yowl
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
squeal
crab
yammer
wail
moan
whine
grump
scream
grouch
repine
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
bellyache
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
grizzle
yawp
whinge
maunder
make someone go out of his way
make it tough
put in a spot
put on the spot
put to trouble
grate on
overextend
traumatiseUK
crunch
menace
bulldoze
descend on
swarm around
converge on
hustle
mob
crowd around
crowd round
give chase
yap at
scratch around
rag on
track down
noodge
burn
macerate
despoil
foray
plead with
pray
conjure
impetrate
mau-mau
coerce
blackjack
bogart
take out after
search high heaven
beat the bushes
turn inside out
turn upside down
overdo
egg
steamroller
dragoon
railroad
obsecrate
apply to
call on
jerk around
moan on at
be on one's tail
be on one's back
be on one's case
leave no stone unturned
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
put on trial
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
dominate
push around
swagger
ride roughshod over
bluster
use strong-arm tactics on
rattle one's cage
goose
invoke
con
plead
crave
demand
appeal
persuade
ask
plead to
sell
snow under
shower
belaborUS
fight over
take it out on
struggle for
repel
go for
try to win
challenge for
vie for
withstand
strike
rumpus
try for
tussle for
traverse
put on gloves
knuckle with
defend
lay a finger on
compete for
gang up on
battle for
contend for
put up dukes
square off
fight for
lay out
sock
rival
more ❯
Verb
▲
(close around or over) To come into contact with (something) so as to encircle and hold it
close
connect
clap
clench
bind
enclose
encompass
gather
fuse
grapple
join
link
meet
tie
unite
chain
coalesce
confine
couple
inclose
come together
come into contact
form a circle
tie up
put together
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