encounter

Meanings

• a minor short-term fight
• a casual or unexpected convergence
  • "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
• a casual meeting with a person or thing
• a hostile disagreement face-to-face
• come together
• come upon, as if by accident; meet with
• be beset by
• experience as a reaction
• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

Synonyms

brush, bump, chance, clash, come across, coming upon, confrontation, face-off, find, happen, meet, meeting, play, receive, run across, run into, see, showdown, skirmish, take on