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Noun
An unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something
A confrontation or unpleasant struggle
A sudden short bout of an illness or stress
A military strike or incursion
An organized competition or activity usually performed for the enjoyment of a mass of people
An activity or event one has undergone
The act or process of sighting the existence of something for the first time
A private meeting
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time
A forceful collision of two things
The expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people
Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument
The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant
A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience
The action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted
A brief amorous relationship or encounter
Verb
To discover or find something, especially by chance
To face or come upon something confronting or challenging
To confront or come up against
To receive a particular treatment
To have an experience of
To try to cope with
To make a concerted or violent attack on
To meet or come together at an agreed time and place
Quarrel noisily over a trivial matter
(
close around or over
)
To come into contact with (something) so as to encircle and hold it
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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
meetup
presentation
audience
formality
tweetup
formal presentation
“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
struggle
tussle
scuffle
fracas
affray
scrimmage
war
warfare
brawl
dogfight
duel
strife
competition
match
melee
hostilities
rivalry
tug-of-war
altercation
grapple
free-for-all
wrangle
dustup
fighting
rumble
donnybrook
fisticuffs
broil
sweepstakes
row
scrum
attack
sweep-stake
feud
hostility
biffo
disturbance
boilover
punch-up
joust
ball game
shindy
bust-up
bloodshed
riot
disagreement
assault
shindig
ruckus
tournament
battle royal
armed conflict
commotion
campaign
tiff
spat
bagarre
rammy
ding-dong
contretemps
exchange
showdown
tumult
ruction
incident
crusade
barney
ruck
swedge
challenge
tangle
shoot-out
argy-bargy
exchange of blows
tourney
meeting
matchup
falling-out
bickering
discord
dissension
breach of the peace
stoush
difference of opinion
agitation
miff
roughhouse
passage of arms
sparring match
turf war
bit of argy-bargy
squabble
lists
opposition
offensive
onslaught
meet
warring
onset
disorder
game
siege
blitz
event
conflagration
tilt
blitzkreig
sortie
vying
controversy
armed struggle
carnage
threap
feuding
collieshangie
uproar
duke out
friction
race
emulation
wrangling
to-do
military action
war of words
physical encounter
wrestling match
fuss
rough and tumble
power struggle
crisis
strike
rough-and-tumble
boxing
high noon
disputation
raid
mill
stooshie
free fight
stand-up
outbreak of violence
armed confrontation
armed clash
falling out
military operation
championship
pageant
fist-fight
prizefighting
scramble
debate
fist fight
antagonism
competitiveness
field
collision course
vendetta
hot war
wrestling bout
rough house
beef
shock
static
go
striving
scrabble
throes
enmity
mix-up
battle royale
brush-off
jam
tug of war
grind
undertaking
brannigan
slugfest
jealousy
candidacy
sport
square go
difficulty
round
mano-a-mano
cyberwar
cold war
scene
spot of bother
boxing match
prize fight
single combat
duello
monomachy
athletic event
one on one
keeping up with the Joneses
clashing
incompatibility
gunfight
fencing
field meeting
shootout
press
barrage
rioting
butchery
killing
slaying
battles
slaughter
skirmishing
bangarang
bother
push
movement
bombing
duking it out
bare-knuckled boxing
barehanded boxing
hand-to-hand fight
hand-to-hand combat
bare-hand boxing
bare-knuckle boxing
judicial duel
massacre
bloodletting
murder
upheaval
hullabaloo
uprising
ado
furore
UK
mishap
hubbub
racket
contradiction
variance
military fight
sword fight
affair of honour
brouhaha
restlessness
furor
US
unrest
jousting
roughhousing
brawling
affair of honor
meeting for satisfaction of honour
big scene
fistfight
punch out
significant contact
misunderstanding
rift
rupture
rhubarb
bicker
imbroglio
kickup
embroilment
spar
upset
whirl
turmoil
try
clamor
US
clamour
UK
argle-bargle
slanging match
shouting match
cross fire
words
bunfight
difference
dissidence
blowup
tracasseries
tracasserie
dissent
squabbling
quarrelling
UK
disunity
disaccord
quarreling
US
bone to pick
bone of contention
disharmony
argumentation
dissention
flak
discordance
back-and-forth
discussion
split
flare-up
animosity
arguing
dissonance
discordancy
inharmony
disunion
schism
division
infighting
trouble
ill feeling
sour note
yike
breach
polemic
discourse
passage at arms
objection
disapproval
sparring
exchange of views
nonconcurrence
tension
bad blood
bad feeling
factionalism
bone
faction
verbal fight
ill will
jostle
argol-bargol
snarl
hoedown
acrimonious exchange
angry exchange
blow-off
jump
shuffle
sharp words
resentment
heated discussion
clash of views
break
knock-down drag-out
dust
catfight
complaint
bovver
powwow
conversation
gainstriving
belligerency
gainstrife
knock-down-drag-out
contestation
firestorm
contrariety
talking-to
romp
stew
knock down and drag out
squall
fireworks
refuting
rebutting
pitched battle
intense battle
fierce contest
antipathy
discontent
opposing views
bad vibes
dissensus
estrangement
crossed wires
jarring
verbal sparring
bitterness
grievances
grudges
acrimony
petty quarrel
jar
protest
clashes
counteraction
hatred
defiance
resistance
demur
remonstrance
rebellion
nonagreement
insubordination
nonconformism
nonconformity
storm
ructions
refusal
denial
misbelief
clinker
lack of agreement
contentiousness
hurrah
cause célèbre
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
flash
gush
ebullition
storm
blaze
gale
flush
boutade
agony
gust
surge
effusion
outpouring
flood
upsurge
splurt
outflow
outflowing
blast
hurricane
ictus
flutter
flicker
apoplexy
spot
cycle
interval
session
episode
short time
twinge
collapse
state
throes
huff
term
scene
blow
short period
course
onset
experience
phase
blowout
fireworks
twitch
howl
peal
ripple
manifestation
wave
rash
breakout
break
volley
bursting
detonation
paddy
scream
roar
hoot
shout
shriek
time
sudden illness
illness
breakdown
sickness
incidence
nausea
upheaval
rapture
discharge
fuming
violence
furor
US
rage
hysterics
anger
frothing
passion
excitement
agitation
furore
UK
heart attack
sesh
sequence
shift
tear
tour
trick
go
pang
queasiness
qualm
grand mal
epileptic attack
petit mal
epileptic fit
embolism
thrombosis
shaking
tremor
contraction
contortion
cramp
shock
clamour
UK
algospasm
epilepsy
clamor
US
cerebrovascular accident
CVA
cerebral haemorrhage
cerebral vascular accident
muscular contractions
stream
deluge
flow
cascade
epidemic
flux
tide
barrage
hail
jet
issue
onslaught
efflux
salvo
bombardment
rise
avalanche
cannonade
outrush
shower
current
blitz
drainage
fusillade
blitzkrieg
welling
drain
bang
drumfire
drumbeat
swell
sally
battery
effluence
spout
inundation
upwelling
leakage
outpour
exodus
rain
escape
emanation
outflux
overflow
upswing
gushing
sweep
emergence
spring
effervescence
recrudescence
emission
sudden appearance
groundswell
plague
thunder
charge
uprising
onrush
effluent
crack
fulmination
debouchment
escalation
influx
expression
hemorrhage
US
haemorrhage
UK
boom
ooze
bubble
seepage
effluvium
ignition
blowing up
start
inflammation
tantrum
vomiting
outcry
hissy
vibration
expulsion
fire
bomb
broadside
fever
ferment
strafe
gunfire
spray
boiling
bubbling
fountain
combustion
ebb
voidance
shedding
mass
shelling
bombing
ejection
venting
exudation
splash
touch
hissy fit
outfall
crash
breaking
sundering
commotion
rending
brawl
irruption
disorder
disruption
tumult
sortie
crossfire
stab
fermentation
seething
exudate
diffusion
pouring
effluxion
loss
streaming
depletion
blasting
show
burst of fire
building up
build-up
sudden display
sudden exhibition
craze
increase
growth
blowing-up
sudden show
brief display
brief exhibition
upturn
scourge
contagion
mushrooming
spread
pest
endemic
pestilence
what's going around
motion
trickle
river
oozing
more ❯
Noun
▲
A military strike or incursion
attack
strike
assault
blitz
offensive
invasion
onslaught
raid
campaign
incursion
intrusion
assailing
barrage
push
assailment
descent
rush
offense
US
onset
sally
aggression
crusade
foray
initiative
intervention
storming
blitzkrieg
drive
hit
skirmish
inroad
sortie
thrust
advance
defilement
encroachment
irruption
charge
offence
UK
onrush
razzia
heavy attack
act of aggression
commencement of hostilities
coup de main
attempt
bombardment
bombing
shelling
cannonade
storm
salvo
fusillade
air raid
aerial attack
air attack
volley
strafe
air strike
battery
swoop
broadside
hail
aerial bombardment
air offensive
crackdown
act of war
seizure
gunfire
movement
shower
drumfire
fire
cleanup
clampdown
military operation
cause
takeover
capture
violence
annexation
flak
pounding
bandwagon
appropriation
exertion
occupation
juggernaut
reconnaissance
onfall
drumbeat
flurry
effort
overrunning
infiltration
penetration
operation
subjugation
conquest
crossfire
strafing
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
commitment
elimination
dash
surge
stampede
pounce
torrent
expedition
venture
depredation
din
agitation
roar
strife
military advance
ambush
wave
mission
bombing campaign
blast
sweep
shootup
artillery fire
bomb
burst
lightning attack
saturation bombing
surprise attack
pelting
discharge
breaking in
flood
flow
enfilade
conquering
stream
forcible entry
tip-and-run raid
hit-and-run raid
hit-and-run attack
engagement
war
manoeuvres
UK
weapon fire
deluge
warfare
battle
jihad
action
sniping
firing
outpouring
curtain of fire
wall of fire
barrier of fire
maneuvers
US
effusion
expropriation
arrogation
annexing
military campaign
overwhelming
avalanche
shooting
takedown
bust
battle plan
subjection
gauntlet
crucible
ordeal
bombarding
trial
gantlet
cross
trespass
overstepping
maraud
usurpation
entrenchment
transgression
blizzard
suzerainty
colonization
US
rule
possession
control
inundation
air campaign
fire raid
air assault
saturation raid
bombing mission
bombing run
bombing raid
shuttle raid
entering
foreign rule
colonisation
UK
tidal wave
forced entrance
explosion
cannonading
round
surprise search
endeavour
UK
raid on
overrunning of
invasion of
foray into
storming of
attack on
arrival
assault on
spread
endeavor
US
set-to
all-out effort
thrust into
sally into
sortie into
descent on
blitz on
advance into
advance on
push into
sally against
intrusion into
concerted effort
night raid
obtrusion into
appropriation of
trespass on
infiltration of
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
meet
engagement
head-to-head
duel
conflict
struggle
athletic event
quiz
sport
trial
confrontation
prizefight
dogfight
war
combat
warfare
face-off
ball game
boxing match
conclave
convention
gathering
convocation
joust
test
challenge
congress
hunt
muster
sporting event
set-to
dustup
tilt
sports event
tie
scuffle
sports meeting
bat
go
run-in
cup final
sporting competition
test match
battle royal
cup tie
competitive fight
trials
contention
scrimmage
concours
league
playoff
strife
stakes
grapple
drive
candidacy
counteraction
pairing off
one-upmanship
one-upping
one on one
horse race
do or die
friendly
series
games
local derby
playoffs
discussion
testing
trying
proving
rencounter
pageant
gala
rivalry
matches
sports
clashes
duels
cup
matchups
contests
quarter-final
semi-final
sprint
chase
dash
relay
scurry
pursuit
rush
course
running
time trial
relay race
time-trial
steeplechase
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
adventure
thing
situation
hap
exploit
eventuality
proceeding
matter
business
development
escapade
activity
fact
scene
interlude
transaction
emprise
gest
set of circumstances
goings-on
quest
action
geste
milestone
endeavour
UK
endeavor
US
moment
campaign
appearance
issue
concern
accident
caper
gamble
condition
fling
juncture
crusade
instance
romp
flutter
crapshoot
state of affairs
antic
outcome
story
conjuncture
turning point
incidence
manifestation
topic
phase
consequence
to-do
state
pass
exigency
transpiration
sight
reality
aspect
actuality
point
chapter
fait accompli
happenstance
coincidence
hanky-panky
carrying on
doings
instalment
UK
installment
US
stage
instant
spot
position
what's going down
project
scheme
pursuit
operation
atmosphere
way of life
context
ambience
background
surroundings
environment
mission
plunge
engagement
effort
shot
proposition
attempt
experiment
investment
deal
flier
flyer
measure
task
essay
move
stake
setup
play
plan
jeopardy
course
peril
stab
throw
voyage
try
process
wager
charge
spec
pet project
leap in the dark
business enterprise
turn of events
change
revelation
surprise
twist
result
movement
upshot
go-down
high jinks
pranks
fortuity
evolvement
cutover
innovation
unfolding
carrying-on
turn
turnabout
convolution
procedure
intricacy
complexity
confusion
complication
eventuation
step
materialization
US
conclusion
denouement
revolution
transition
onrush
transubstantiation
newfangledness
novelty
improvement
manoeuvre
UK
initiative
materialisation
UK
course of action
exercise
maneuver
US
performance
detail
picture
cause
element
means
particular
factor
score
state of play
lay of the land
lie of the land
set of conditions
set-up
how the land lies
how things stand
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
exhumation
placement
establishing
placing
divination
realization
US
determining
disinterment
determination
learning
realisation
UK
arrest
capture
unmasking
apprehension
exposé
revealing
tracking down
rooting out
ferreting out
observance
cognizance
beholding
note
notice
attention
eyeing
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
rally
congregation
synod
assemblage
forum
muster
body
hui
symposium
ingathering
diet
company
crowd
seminar
group
mass
flock
multitude
turnout
throng
mob
gang
bunch
committee
colloquium
band
pack
convergence
parliament
horde
crew
cluster
senate
reunion
host
party
concourse
drove
conventicle
audience
collection
affair
swarm
herd
sit-in
legislature
discussion
panel
consistory
union
government
engagement
legislative assembly
legion
association
foregathering
faction
posse
clambake
aggregation
chapter
conflict
legislative body
coming together
assembled group
coffee klatch
accumulation
bevy
US
hearing
sitting
consultation
bevvy
UK
worshipers
disciples
public
period
term
plenary
con
federation
delegates
sederunt
show
delegation
council of delegates
council of representatives
talk
the house
the Hill
get together
call
date
confrontation
showdown
summit meeting
ministry
number
formation
stream
clump
gaggle
surge
army
troupe
troop
wad
slew
council of war
cattle call
board meeting
business meeting
chamber
one on one
roundup
crush
jamboree
house
colloquy
function
knot
society
rendezvous
community
junction
confluence
intersection
meetup
tryst
stockpile
concentration
tweetup
executive
governing body
administration
moot
round-robin
roundtable
corporation
civic authority
local government
municipal authority
local authority
tournament
ecclesia
folkmoot
social function
competition
event
contest
match
ring
outfit
groupthink
clan
directorate
panel discussion
debate
game
brain trust
official family
kitchen cabinet
bout
tourney
fight
matchup
quiz
hunt
sports event
sweepstakes
sweep-stake
athletic event
confabulation
dialogue
UK
palaver
dialog
US
chinwag
interview
reception
demonstration
exchange
undivided attention
one-on-one
demo
parade
march
appointment
celebration
consideration
conversation
mass meeting
deliberation
give-and-take
counsel
consult
argument
argy-bargy
back-and-forth
argumentation
pow-wow
protest march
audition
hearership
pep rally
celebratory meeting
question and answer session
quality time
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
tweetup
session
consultation
interview
commitment
fixture
affair
gig
errand
invitation
blind date
heavy date
meetup
commission
matinee
double date
one night stand
social engagement
date night
quickie
one-night stand
secret meeting
love nest
illicit meeting
clandestine meeting
slot
zero hour
prior arrangement
scheduled time
arranged date
set-up
scheduled hour
time
brush
time slot
contact
confrontation
concurrence
chance meeting
happenstance
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
pummeled
US
pummelling
UK
ram
smack
meeting
fender bender
fender-bender
head-on
rear-ender
strike
knock
concussion
prang
wallop
jounce
jar
jolt
shunt
rap
thud
thump
percussion
blow
butt
kick
stroke
clout
crack
belt
punch
box
spank
slap
cuff
swipe
thwack
clip
whack
pound
welt
sock
jarring
biff
tap
bash
stinger
clobber
slug
swat
slog
shot
bust
pelt
hack
hook
bat
glance
haymaker
chop
clap
dab
wham
lick
stripe
lash
paste
fillip
bonk
larrup
zap
plunk
fisticuff
swing
slosh
whale
beat
roundhouse
pat
douse
dong
poke
bop
whammy
boff
uppercut
whap
zinger
bell-ringer
one-two punch
wipeout
shaking
jolting
blast
buffeting
crack-up
striking
whop
more ❯
Noun
▲
The expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people
conversation
dialogue
UK
discussion
chat
exchange
debate
dialog
US
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
summit
talkfest
tattle
wrangling
chit-chat
head-to-head
heart-to-heart
argy-bargy
back-and-forth
chin-wag
chitchat
exchange of views
korero
small talk
straight talk
tete-a-tete
verbal exchange
exchange of ideas
give-and-take
information flow
table talk
tête-à-tête
wheeling and dealing
bull session
channel of communication
question and answer session
rap session
skull session
pillow talk
meeting
negotiations
conclave
seminar
symposium
congress
haggling
bargaining
intercession
earful
huddle
confrontation
showdown
eyeball-to-eyeball
visit
hui
patter
causerie
cackle
jangle
blather
chin music
blether
prattle
chitter-chatter
babble
jabber
talks
gabber
chinwagging
babbling
twaddle
jabbering
yabbering
waffle
chatting
chuntering
twattle
gibbering
prattling
blethering
blathering
waffling
yackety-yak
yammering
yattering
yapping
tittle-tattle
talking
rabbiting on
one-to-one
words
speaking
yakking
blab
consideration
rambling
correspondence
duologue
idle talk
clack
informal talk
one-on-one
dispute
forum
pleasantries
analysis
wittering
war of words
groupthink
meet
contention
claver
audience
tongue-wagging
convocation
call
appointment
round table
informal conversation
gabble
catch up
chin
prose
sides
barney
dish
row
gen
raillery
badinage
cry
persiflage
two-way communication
mag
clishmaclaver
pleasantry
foretalk
rumors
US
slanging match
chewing the fat
newsmongering
prate
account
gabbling
gossiping
prating
drivel
gibberish
chattering
back and forth
chewing the rag
contact
yatter
blah-blah
flannel
blah
brief conversation
fireside chat
commentary
interest
mention
association
hubbub
dealings
loquacity
wrangle
relations
colloquium
sparring
tug of war
hot air
contestation
arguing
socializing
US
deliberations
polite remark
idle chatter
rumours
UK
trivial conversation
beauty-parlor chitchat
casual conversation
idle chat
light talk
dialectic
tiff
private word
press conference
examination
velitation
match
flummery
wheedle
cajolery
flatter
social relations
reception
private conversation
session
communicating
getting in touch
verbal sparring
cosy chat
private chat
convention
social intercourse
round robin
think-in
conferring
socialising
UK
exchanging information
articulation
intercommunication
corresponding
interaction
rendezvous
engagement
translating
touch
audition
hearership
date
get-together
script
text
screenplay
lines
parts
spoken parts
spoken part
more ❯
Noun
▲
Resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument
opposition
resistance
hostility
antagonism
defiance
obstruction
disapproval
antipathy
counteraction
obstructiveness
animosity
aversion
criticism
dissent
enmity
non-compliance
objection
resentment
contrariety
demurral
dislike
action
antinomy
brush
combat
con
confronting
contention
contest
contradistinction
contraposition
counterattack
defence
UK
defense
US
disagreement
duel
engagement
fray
grapple
negativism
opposure
oppugnancy
prevention
repugnance
repulsion
rivalry
skirmish
strife
struggle
unfriendliness
violation
war
warfare
civil disobedience
fight
battle
stand
hindrance
impediment
check
rebuff
intransigence
impedance
impeding
blocking
friction
striking back
warding off
screen
cover
detention
protecting
withstanding
halting
support
safeguard
shield
protection
holding
refusal
watch
parrying
retardation
renitency
renitence
opposition to
hostility to
aversion to
unwillingness to accept
disinclination to accept
refusal to accept
reluctance to accept
lack of enthusiasm for
fighting
conflict
confrontation
challenge
immunity
unsusceptibility
insusceptibility
imperviousness
watertightness
solidity
invulnerability
impermeability
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
initiation
inauguration
source
introduction
origination
opener
root
square one
spring
debut
advent
coming
takeoff
conception
preface
prelude
basis
point of departure
development
institution
induction
installation
fountainhead
presentation
blastoff
top
rudiment
foundation
provenance
entrance
provenience
materialization
US
instigation
word go
first
beginnings
surfacing
approach
leadoff
advance
formation
founding
nearing
cradle
derivation
embarkation
early stages
materialisation
UK
opening move
occurrence
unfolding
very beginning
establishment
roots
commencing
overture
starting
proem
startup
incoming
fountain
tee off
head
early days
curtain-raiser
wellspring
cause
looming
origins
nativity
well
oncome
birthplace
fount
launching
etymology
author
seedbed
creator
radix
accession
parent
coming on
determinant
horse's mouth
breaking out
verge
generation
brink
edge
naissance
engendering
propagation
happening
constitution
premiere
opportunity
break
chance
graduation
convocation
countdown
celebration
admission
bow
developing
landing
delivery
parturition
childbirth
reception
activation
setting-up
first step
first steps
eruption
floating
taking place
springing up
first act
setting up
seeds
preamble
preliminary
intro
visitation
prologue
UK
foreword
prolegomenon
father
originator
pedigree
begetter
history
prolog
US
very beginnings
initiator
architect
inventor
prefatory remarks
opening remarks
coming out
lead-in
opening statement
pupilage
youth
childhood
incunabulum
nonage
immaturity
minority
upwelling
antecedent
mother
authorship
home
starting place
paternity
maternity
specialist
rising
place of origin
early years
first phase
early life
embryonic stage
formative years
initial stages
base
seed
mainspring
germ
font
causality
seat
causation
nucleus
progenitor
agent
ingress
occasion
entry
producer
inspiration
inducement
forging
egg
principle
embryo
motive
connection
generator
approaching
reaching
fons et origo
git go
blast off
well head
early stage
advancement
progress
progression
drawing near
imminence
coming nearer
forward movement
encroachment
showing up
presence
appearing
coming near
turning up
invention
formulation
construction
production
design
forming
devising
organization
US
making
building
unveiling
organisation
UK
ancestry
manufacture
installment
US
instalment
UK
shaping
pioneering
opening ceremony
inaugural ceremony
laying down
fabrication
initiation ceremony
entrée
element
ancestor
impulse
parentage
influence
stock
first performance
first showing
coming out party
evolution
innovation
establishing
heart
rootstock
finding
contrivance
discovery
reason
fashioning
set-up
constructing
stem
fabricating
getting going
putting together
hatching
concoction
baptism
planting
actuation
incorporation
germination
masterminding
reasons
motivation
nursery
well spring
contriving
background
breeding place
bud
occasioning
spawning
causing
coming into being
babyhood
kernel
rock bottom
substratum
maker
descent
genealogy
nub
potential
core
attribution
manufacturing
triggering
kindling
prompting
etymon
framing
writing
compilation
ultimate cause
curtain-raising
grand opening
essence
spark
modelling
UK
extraction
institute
originating
preparation
potential for
sprig
sprout
erecting
erection
engineering
enactment
instituting
initiating
whence it came
composition
making up
thinking up
endowment
flotation
settlement
graduating
entree
groundwork
modeling
US
imagination
conglomeration
warm-up
bringing about
prelims
complex
preparatory measure
preliminary measure
preliminary action
first round
widening
thickening
unravelling
UK
ribbon cutting
breakthrough
site
find
unraveling
US
leap
headway
coinage
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
bewilderment
alarm
wonder
horror
perplexity
perturbation
fear
dismay
bafflement
dread
stunner
fright
terror
distraction
panic
anxiety
befuddlement
trepidation
wonderment
disquiet
maze
muddle
discomposure
fearfulness
jolt
bemusement
incredulity
apprehension
agitation
uneasiness
disquietude
puzzlement
haze
stupor
doubt
trance
nadaville
gauze
lala-land
narcosis
muddledness
glaze
fog
whirl
nervousness
astoundment
jaw-dropper
admiration
concern
worry
daze
discombobulation
surprize
bamboozlement
trepidity
mystification
unease
tangle
confusedness
bewilderedness
apprehensiveness
head-scratching
scare
alarum
foreboding
suspicion
marvel
uncertainty
disappointment
chagrin
outrage
tension
wooziness
disgust
disorientation
turn-up for the book
eye opener
blue funk
cold feet
angst
skepticism
US
scepticism
UK
jar
curveball
curiosity
questioning
dissatisfaction
shocker
mistrust
annoyance
speechlessness
doubtfulness
jitteriness
fluster
disenchantment
misgiving
funk
hassle
incomprehension
disconcertion
willies
heebie-jeebies
disconcertment
something else
hesitation
fear and trembling
one for the books
cold sweat
vertigo
lightheadedness
giddiness
fascination
vertiginousness
kick in the face
flabbergastment
astoundedness
flabagast
wow
intimidation
dumbfoundment
disillusion
extreme fear
quandary
doziness
stress
strain
obfuscation
reverence
respect
thunderclap
appalment
nonplus
veneration
lack of comprehension
blankness
muddlement
quaking
flabbergast
twitchiness
spin
edginess
restlessness
nerves
fidgetiness
trembling
jumpiness
nerviness
esteem
worship
regard
anxiousness
presentiment
concernment
sweat
agita
premonition
care
solicitude
nervosity
seizure
shiver
complete surprise
disgruntlement
umbrage
start
shakes
jitters
jim-jams
abdabs
collywobbles
butterflies
yips
habdabs
misgivings
miscalculation
pins and needles
butterflies in the stomach
displeasure
discontent
indignation
heart attack
jumble
swoon
dazedness
worriment
palpitation
creeps
emotion
rarity
exasperation
frustration
disillusionment
a cold sweat
a blue funk
screaming abdabs
abruptness
suddenness
dwam
discontentment
unhappiness
disaffection
discontentedness
discouragement
mortification
Joe Blakes
goose bumps
screaming habdabs
dubiety
distrust
trance-like state
confused state
downer
blues
bummer
dumps
sadness
depression
kick in the guts
bother
trouble
righteous anger
bolt out of the blue
trancelike state
state of stupefaction
unbelief
incredulousness
dubiousness
turn up for the books
turn-up for the books
the blahs
chariness
wariness
nonbelief
cynicism
confoundment
stopper
vexation
harassment
irritation
derangement
anger
turmoil
inconvenience
repudiation
spurning
lack of belief
lack of conviction
lack of credence
unbelievingness
rejection
unfaith
grief
hurt
grievance
disarray
torment
defeat
shake-up
disruption
dither
reversion
affront
destruction
commotion
letdown
queasiness
dislocation
discomfiture
befuddling
tizzy
problem
turn-up
subversion
perplexing
discomfiting
confounding
abashment
demoralization
US
awkwardness
embarrassment
unsettling
lather
stew
flap
upsetting
mixup
dumbfounding
obscuring
blurring
demoralisation
UK
difficulty
tangling
turbulence
addling
misperception
cluttering
pother
misunderstanding
stirring up
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted
reception
receiving
acceptance
receipt
recipience
admission
getting
accession
acknowledgement
UK
acknowledgment
US
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
entanglement
attachment
extramarital affair
courtship
intrigue
carry-on
bit on the side
relation
amorous entanglement
affair of the heart
affaire
love
adultery
infidelity
unfaithfulness
relations
playing around
two-timing
affaire du cœur
fooling around
passion
cuckoldry
extramarital relations
fornication
extramarital sex
lovemaking
extracurricular activity
sex
a bit on the side
carrying on
amorousness
coquetry
ardor
US
disloyalty
cheating
toying
falseness
unchastity
ardour
UK
sexual love
seduction
misconduct
affaire de cœur
carryings-on
playing the field
affaire de coeur
affaire du coeur
making love
orgy
lustfulness
libidinousness
bonding
fetish
puppy love
erotic love
affaire du couer
extramarital activity
short romance
short-term romance
brief romance
frolicking
triangle
love interest
thing together
forbidden love
love relationship
romantic affair
illicit love
holiday romance
menage a trois
amorous play
a little on the side
messing around
working late at office
illicit love affair
goings-on
sexual relationship outside of marriage
faithlessness
perfidy
duplicity
treachery
eroticism
association
desire
enchantment
perfidiousness
betrayal
double-dealing
deceit
falsity
immorality
treason
backstabbing
sellout
business
inconstancy
secret love affair
playing away
false-heartedness
intercourse
bonking
coupling
double cross
breach of trust
lewdness
treacherousness
congress
pata-pata
commerce
having an affair
extramarital congress
illicit sex
playing away from home
extracurricular sex
bad faith
copulation
rumpy pumpy
coitus
coition
sexual intercourse
sexual relations
teasing
trifling
philandering
pre-marital congress
extra-curricular sex
carnal knowledge
extra-marital congress
sleeping around
living in sin
screwing around
a bit of the other
coquettishness
coyness
kittenishness
flirtatiousness
chat-up
flirting
pickup
cruising
courting
come-on
tease
romancing
romantic advances
more ❯
Verb
▲
To discover or find 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
unearth
uncover
locate
hit on
get
dig up
ferret out
bring to light
find out
fall upon
acquire
obtain
see
dredge up
nose out
expose
track down
root out
determine
dig out
disclose
rout out
scout up
run down
smoke out
identify
recognize
US
hunt up
hunt down
notice
ascertain
spot
discern
learn
reveal
scare up
hunt out
recognise
UK
rummage
sight
run against
perceive
distinguish
observe
realize
US
sniff out
smell out
realise
UK
chance
pinpoint
secure
procure
come up with
happen
find by chance
make out
catch sight of
run to earth
attain
gain
elicit
track
come to know
unmask
figure out
suss out
get on to
hear
glimpse
hit
stumble
come up against
luck upon
wise up to
cross paths with
reach
pick up
transpire
register
disinter
run to ground
extricate
contact
be found
become known
pop up
crop up
buy
purchase
learn of
bring into the open
tumble into
verify
seek
grub out
light
tumble
luck
come to light
come to pass
blunder across
blunder upon
blunder on
salute
make contact with
lay hands on
get possession of
achieve
find unexpectedly
come on
discover unexpectedly
work out
fix
confirm
settle
rendezvous with
touch shoulders
brush against
clash with
unlock
twig
catch on to
rumble
strike on
convene with
get together with
tumble to
dope out
get wise to
get wind of the fact
get wind of
fathom out
pick up on
have an aha moment
sense
get wise to the fact
debunk
think of
explore
look up
conceive
win
run up against
make a meet
search for or out
trip over
make certain
get to know
look for
meet face to face
come face to face with
exhibit
delve
spark
spotlight
extract
show
root
fish out
uproot
ferret
surprise
behold
bag
garner
carry
draw
reap
capture
land
make
earn
eye
view
place
regard
spy
remark
witness
root up
note
knock down
bring in
pull down
slang
mark
clock
trace
catch red-handed
catch off guard
catch in the act
take by surprise
take unawares
burst in on
catch unawares
catch out
catch on
see the light
take the wraps off
bump
collar
corral
pick out
look at
point out
catch a glimpse of
lay hold of
take possession of
lay your hand on
arrive at
put your finger on
put one's finger on
search out
trip on
lay fingers on
pin down
isolate
seek out
get hold of
single out
scent out
hunt
finger
quest
pursue
name
diagnose
ID
follow the scent of
determinate
get a fix on
get at
zero in on
chase down
separate out
filter out
sort out
produce
get a hold of
sniff something out
edge out
spy out
retrieve
nose something out
localise
UK
hook
localize
US
read
trace back
watch
lay your hands on
weed out
lay eyes on
set eyes on
lay one's hands on
have sight of
get a load of
clap eyes on
get a glimpse of
chase
probe
trail
follow
winnow
sift out
pry
separate the wheat from the chaff
define
establish
nail down
describe
scout out
home in on
worm out
remember
know
recall
recollect
validate
deduce
corroborate
decide
divine
intuit
certify
substantiate
forage for
shop for
flag
know again
put the finger on
put a name to
make certain of
label
select
call to mind
analyze
US
know by sight
formal
mark out
settle on
key
separate
make up your mind on
peg
card
key out
tag
decide on
diagnosticate
button down
tab
cast about for
scan
search
hunt for
research
cast around for
consult
peruse
search for
analyse
UK
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
challenge
taste
take
oppose
brook
witness
know
submit to
take on
cope with
stand
weather
stomach
countenance
tackle
defy
abide
be subjected to
face off
have experience of
put up with
engage
face up to
battle
go up against
handle
pass
swallow
beard
wear
resist
allow
hack
thole
accost
deal with
outface
brazen
bear the brunt of
meet head-on
sweat out
come to grips with
come face to face with
get
acquire
assume
fight
dare
play
contest
support
compete
contend
accept
risk
outbrave
breast
absorb
vie
come in for
affront
see
contend with
bide
be confronted by
resign oneself to
ride out
sit through
compete against
subject oneself to
partake in
grin and bear
stick out
vie with
waylay
take aside
call one's bluff
face with
meet eyeball-to-eyeball
face down
go one-on-one
stand up to
live
rival
have dealings with
have dealings in
shoulder
contend against
enjoy
bear with
submit oneself to
carry
admit
permit
tough out
live with
undertake
fall on
come into contact
bear brunt
defer
yield
share
engage in
bow
incur
take part in
participate in
find
derive
contract
draw
have to bear
be the object of
have to endure
run up against
be confronted with
bear up
hold
attempt
gain
glean
develop
obtain
have to put up with
maintain
extract
procure
eat
attack
approach
assault
detain
live out
stop
halt
nobble
collar
reconcile oneself to
become accustomed to
become resigned to
be patient with
become reconciled to
get used to
pit
match
scorn
repel
antagonize
US
antagonise
UK
square up to
call out
flout
provoke
threaten
take a plunge
take patiently
take a chance with
take a chance on
take the plunge
defy danger
take a header
learn to live with
take a flyer
take a chance
make the best of
never say die in the face of
content against
compete with
brazen out
make my day
tell off
go one on one with
be opposed to
face off against
go toe to toe with
go eyeball to eyeball with
be pitted against
court
eyeball
cross
venture
brace for
grapple with
square off
play against
be drawn against
make a stand
bit the bullet
fly in face of
take the bull by the horns
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
defy
withstand
counter
challenge
repel
contest
assail
assault
compete against
tackle
clash
contend
fight with
begin battle with
set upon
strike
launch
face off
wrest with
scrap with
wage war against
enter into combat with
take up arms against
fall on
mount an attack on
wage war on
come to close quarters with
give battle to
join battle with
be against
contradict
counterattack
bar
block
check
prevent
dislike
cross
hinder
fight against
disagree with
dispute
be anti
object to
thwart
obstruct
rebut
gainsay
disapprove of
controvert
stand up to
oppugn
buck
be hostile to
go against
take
argue against
stand up and be counted against
gainstay
deny
protest
argue with
be in defiance of
turn the tables
not countenance
search out
disapprove
reverse
face down
dissent
neutralise
UK
debate
take issue with
speak against
take a stand against
call in question
fly in the face of
speak out against
frown at
take issue
bombard
quarrel with
take a stand
withstay
run counter to
put up a fight against
argue
expose
neutralize
US
set your face against
disagree
be in opposition to
taunt
more ❯
“Jaime gasped in horror at the realization that he was literally about to
encounter
a fire-breathing dragon.”
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
attract
cause
run up
occasion
catch
obtain
deserve
contract
bring on
be subject to
lay oneself open to
give rise to
bring down on
expose yourself to
be liable to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have an experience of
taste
experience
undergo
feel
know
savour
UK
savor
US
appreciate
see
witness
have
meet
sample
sustain
try
endure
pass
preview
suffer
recognise
UK
recognize
US
touch
partake of
be exposed to
come up against
come face to face with
have knowledge of
meet with
run up against
go through
put up with
submit to
realize
US
realise
UK
tolerate
enjoy
participate in
partake in
comprehend
benefit from
be blessed with
come into contact with
become familiar with
come across
face
bear
live through
have experience of
run the gauntlet of
confront
observe
be forced to contend with
be faced with
partake
accept
digest
receive
assimilate
run into
come to grips with
perceive
run the gauntlet
withstand
come into contact
get
live
apprehend
watch
behold
more ❯
Verb
▲
To try to cope with
grapple
struggle
fight
wrestle
battle
combat
tussle
scuffle
clash
contend
deal
engage
cope
face
tackle
brawl
close
confront
rassle
strive
take
take on
address yourself to
come to grips
get to grips
do battle
lock horns
cross swords
contest
war
attack
vie
compete
skirmish
challenge
rival
race
wrangle
oppose
wage war
face off
tilt
come to blows
meet
emulate
feud
joust
spar
join battle
go after
scramble for
go for
go head to head
go for broke
jockey for position
be in conflict
scrimmage
raise Cain
come into conflict
mix it up
jockey
attempt
bandy
collide
essay
try
strive against
struggle against
bid
fence
pit oneself against
cope with
match strength
pit yourself against
pitch oneself against
try to beat
seek prize
participate in
match wits
run for
go up against in contest
in the hunt
go for the gold
tourney
duel
break a lance
tilt with
break
enter the lists
squabble
dispute
jostle
tug
litigate
push
withstand
stand
run
controvert
resist
oppugn
push for
have at
tangle with
shoot for
shoot at
deal with
nominate yourself
put up with
give one's all
go for jugular
go for it
put yourself forward
knock oneself out
make play for
give all one's got
mix it up with
campaign
quarrel
shoot
bombard
make war
take the field against
be at each other's throats
engage in combat
take up arms
be at war
march against
bear arms
conduct a war
take the field
campaign against
engage in hostilities
skirmish with
carry on hostilities
go to war
clash with
fight like cat and dog
set to
grapple with
scrap
exchange blows
assault
have a punch-up
box
roughhouse
have a dust-up
argue
have a set-to
tangle
conflict
altercate
have a fight
bicker
mount an attack
stoush
swedge
rough-house
go for each other
go the knuckle
romp
start fighting
duke it out
engage in conflict
give battle
trade punches
cuff
row
crusade
ply weapons
bump heads
be a soldier
hit each other
go up against
put up a fight
fight like Kilkenny cats
exchange blows with
fight for King and country
fight for Queen and country
carry on war
raise your fists
broil
manhandle
quibble
war with
engage in fisticuffs
have a ding-dong
slug
disagree
trade blows
hassle
bear arms against
have a row
slug it out
raise fists
close with
engage with
battle with
meet head-on
fight a duel
vie with
go out
exert
work
strain
grunt
endeavor
US
struggle with
do battle with
scrap with
tussle with
endeavour
UK
come to blows with
assault each other
punch each other
lock antlers
scrimmage with
protect
rowdy
traverse
war against
attack each other
spar with
taste battle
light into
bandy with
brush with
lay into
flare up
take all comers
take up the gauntlet
race with
race against
buck
rumble
caterwaul
fight nastily
go at it hammer and tongs
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a concerted or violent attack on
assail
attack
assault
beset
charge
rush
storm
belabor
US
belabour
UK
accost
besiege
turn on
invade
raid
strike
trash
bushwhack
impugn
jump
maltreat
sic
blitz
bust
mug
sick
pounce on
set upon
beat up
set about
set on
tear into
come at
descend on
descend upon
fall on
fly at
get stuck into
jump on
lay into
light into
pitch into
fall upon
go in on
have at
hit out at
lace into
lash out at
launch an attack on
let fly at
make an assault on
pounce upon
wade into
weigh into
work over
have a go at
launch oneself at
round on
sail into
let someone have it
beat
thrash
pummel
US
batter
paste
pummelled
UK
hit
pound
rough up
hammer
wallop
bombard
pelt
ambush
knock about
knock around
ravage
aggress
penetrate
swoop on
beat up on
drub
do over
overwhelm
overrun
thump
pounce
strafe
shell
march into
maraud
plunder
strike at
cannonade
capture
blast
pepper
permeate
beat the living daylights out of
harry
fusillade
harass
fire on
surge over
fire at
pillage
shower
go at
occupy
bomb
infiltrate
lambaste
advance on
strike out at
pervade
torpedo
give someone a beating
barrage
descend
duff up
infest
swarm
overspread
conquer
set at
take over
swarm over
seize
secure
hurt
open fire on
attempt to capture
make a raid on
converge on
take by storm
breach
abuse
harm
rake
surprise
infringe
devastate
beleaguer
close in on
sweep
enfilade
blitzkrieg
take
assault physically
go for
surround
enter
flood
take down
riddle
march on
fill
infect
plague
inundate
foray into
duff someone up
run at
lay siege to
spread through
encircle
spread over
go in
fire upon
open fire
make inroads on
worry
fire a broadside at
pester
rain down on
launch an attack
make an onslaught on
run riot over
lash
berate
terrorize
US
fly
leap at
leap
threaten
beat someone up
terrorise
UK
lash out
scatter
overcome
sally
slam
lambast
tackle
savage
potshot
excoriate
castigate
bash
scathe
vituperate
charge at
waylay
shoot down
fight
quarrel
search
dive into
blindside
rush at
spring on
kick
bean
smash
clock
boot
sally forth
swoop down upon
bother
clip
launch at
spring at
rush upon
make a foray on
approach
surge into
set in on
make a sortie on
conduct an offensive on
take on
slog
larrup
brain
bop
smite
biff
swoop
rain
hold up
lie in wait for
oppress
boff
bat
blister
punch
cook
wade in
afflict
lunge at
whop
club
stab
come close to
move in on
lapidate
chop down
strike out
rob
sack
knock cold
make a raid
mortar
stone
assault someone
press hard
attack repeatedly
launch
catapult
lay into someone
fall on someone
deal a blow
set upon someone
fall upon someone
make an assault
make an attack
deal a blow to
sling at
hurl at
cast at
throw at
come closer to
draw nearer to
draw near to
move closer to
press on towards
move close to
knock block off
jostle
throng
perfuse
imbue
pour
drop
fall
volley
turn to violence
ransack
depredate
despoil
appear
arrive
knock for a loop
crawl through
swarm around
crowd
defile
crawl all over
crawl over
abound in
pollute
press
pack
hustle
teem
mob
flock
crowd around
hassle
crowd round
battle
probe
reave
spoliate
hail
rain something down on
annex
US
draw near
bear down on
advance
drop in
come in force
show up
arrive in hordes
beat down upon
turn up
diffuse through
swamp
gain
win
get at
wreak havoc on
violate
combat
be disseminated through
flow through
exceed
encroach
outrun
overshoot
overgrow
surpass
meddle
inroad
burglarise
UK
crash
colonise
UK
access
overswarm
parasitize
US
burglarize
US
loot
trespass
foray
colonize
US
entrench
annexe
UK
parasitise
UK
interfere
break
overpass
choke
overstep
overreach
outreach
transcend
overflow
lay waste to
begin hostilities
rout
infringe on
deluge
surge
spill
flow over
go beyond
take the offensive
begin an assault
make inroads
burst in on
burst in
muscle in
run over
spread like wildfire over
grow over
run on
spread like wildfire
well over
blockade
invest
encompass
confine
enclose
leaguer
environ
block off
congregate
shut in
shut off
hem in
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
concentre
UK
concenter
US
concentrate
congregate
gather
meet
cluster
collect
conglomerate
convene
foregather
forgather
rendezvous
combine
concur
focalize
focus
mingle
rally
touch
enter in
consolidate
centralize
US
compact
center
US
unite
centre
UK
centralise
UK
get together
come together
unify
crowd
accumulate
integrate
coalesce
flock
congress
merge
heap
muster
organize
US
organise
UK
flock together
convoke
huddle
incorporate
amalgamate
condense
streamline
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
meet up
make contact
pull together
gang up
be reunited
meet privately
join up
bring under one roof
pool
funnel
coincide
intersect
bring together
amass
corral
group
accrete
constellate
lump
congest
pile
bunch
localize
US
mass
aggregate
agglomerate
localise
UK
draw together
build up
pile up
bulk up
round up
stack up
heap up
zero in
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
contend
feud
battle
contest
war
struggle
tangle
debate
set to
have at it
have a disagreement
mix it up
have a tiff
bump heads
dissent
cavil
come to blows
fence
conflict
have a spat
wrestle
grapple
take on
skirmish
talk back
caterwaul
butt heads
shift
pretend
waffle
avoid
flip-flop
chicane
evade
argy-bargy
carp
oppose
discept
have an argument
put up a fight
be at sixes and sevens
nit-pick
hypercriticize
paralogize
duel
scuffle
scrimmage
argue over
confront
engage
hem and haw
catch at straws
put up an argument
blow hot and cold
make a big thing about
tussle
pettifog
romp
wage war
face off
tilt
exchange blows
come into conflict
have a dust-up
have a punch-up
have a barney
have an altercation
strive
hash over
vie
disaccord
discord
challenge
pick a bone
object
lay into
take exception
be at each other's throats
take issue
equivocate
nitpick
niggle
prevaricate
criticize
US
split hairs
pick to pieces
kick up a row
criticise
UK
raise Cain
combat
get into conflict
light into
attack
assault
fratch
jaw
scold
berate
ream
get into a dispute
have a difference of opinion
dig
scrape
rassle
rough-house
slug
vary
charge
collide
complain
divide
bump
disapprove
embroil
discuss
trade zingers
nastily argue
pick at
have shouting match
be in conflict
mount an attack
go to war
do battle
engage in hostilities
make war
cause a scene
take up arms
box
find fault
break with
object to
gainsay
contradict
bandy
agitate
tongue-lash
have it out
get tough with
bawl out
canvass
canvas
moot
go up against
have a set-to
call on the carpet
tourney
compete
nonconcur
zap
haggle
palter
be at daggers with
face
be at daggers drawn
demur
jump on
rip into each other
let have it
take issue with
contradict each other
go for the jugular
talk over
hash out
exchange words
mess
trade blows
joust
break a lance
enter the lists
thrash out
jump on one's case
toss around
bat around
kick around
bat back and forth
exchange views
go at it
be in opposition
protest against
be in dispute
sass
rehash
have a quarrel
have a squabble
square up
mess with
come up against
become involved
have a dispute
hammer away
face down
verbally fight
knock around
be pedantic
stick it to
pick an argument
sock it to
get in one's face
go one on one
put up a struggle
have at each other
have a slanging match
jump on each other
buck
lock antlers
jostle
campaign
engage in conflict
roughhouse
jockey
square off
essay
protest
rival
repudiate
reject
have a scrap
clash with
quibble over
disagree with
go for
bandy words with somebody
play off
trade punches
to fight
tackle
duke it out
manhandle
push
cut and thrust
close with
battle with
engage with
crusade
cuff
do battle with
exchange blows with
struggle with
scrap with
come to blows with
tussle with
start fighting
go for each other
raise fists
slug it out
drive
press
demonstrate
be of a different opinion
be incompatible
differ in opinion
have a different opinion
be divided
bang heads
not see eye to eye
advocate
shoot
bombard
stir up opinion
raise a fuss
cry out
grunt
endeavor
US
exert
work
strain
take the field
engage in combat
be at war
conduct a war
take the field against
march against
join battle
campaign against
grapple with
bear arms
skirmish with
carry on hostilities
endeavour
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fight over
come to grips
get to grips
diverge
race
struggle for
repel
try to win
challenge for
vie for
withstand
strike
rumpus
try for
tussle for
traverse
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cross
knuckle with
defend
lay a finger on
compete for
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fight for
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sock
stoush
emulate
refuse
stickle
renounce
rebel
abjure
swedge
shy
decline
balk
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bid
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try
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rumble
baulk
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argue with
express disagreement
be at odds with
decline to support
say nothing doing
express disagreement with
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withhold assent
express objection
not ratify
fail to agree with
say not a chance
say no way
refuse to support
fly in the face of
pit oneself against
go up against in contest
scramble for
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match strength
go for broke
pitch oneself against
seek prize
in the hunt
go for the gold
go head to head
match wits
run for
cope with
participate in
go after
pit yourself against
jockey for position
go the knuckle
fight like Kilkenny cats
fight nastily
rebut
refute
debunk
disprove
counter
address
question
discredit
deny
examine
query
contravene
answer
disaffirm
disavow
invalidate
disclaim
negate
crush
confute
argue against
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squelch
quash
dissent against
blow sky high
declare to be untrue
call into question
prove to be wrong
show to be wrong
contend over
quibble about
tear down
prove false
wonder about
shoot full of holes
put up argument
differ with
argue about
show up
have an argument about
prove to be false
agitate against
blow out of the water
pick an argument with
hammer away at
argue the pros and cons of
shoot down in flames
bandy words concerning
prove wrong
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shoot down
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clench
bind
enclose
encompass
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fuse
grapple
join
link
meet
tie
unite
chain
coalesce
confine
couple
inclose
come together
come into contact
form a circle
tie up
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