What is another word for confront?

Common synonyms for confront include face up, face, present.

What is the past tense of confront?

The past tense of confront is confronted.

Words that rhyme with confront include front, hunt, blunt, cunt, stunt, punt.

/kənˈfɹʌnt/verb2 syllables

Confront means: deal with (something unpleasant) head on.

verb, as in deal with (something unpleasant) head on

verb, as in present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

verb, as in oppose, as in hostility or a competition

also used for confront

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verb

deal with (something unpleasant) head on“You must confront your problems”

present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize“We confronted him with the evidence”

oppose, as in hostility or a competition“You must confront your opponent”

be face to face with“The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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With her injury, this giraffe can't afford to confront four adult lions.Amastan
Let's cooperate where we can, let's confront where we must.al_ex_an_der
Colonial legacies persist, but so too does the resolve to confront them.Amastan
In the action movie, the protagonist had to confront a bloodthirsty and merciless adversary.Miktsoanit
For better or worse, we will have to confront them with the truth.PinkBook
Today, even white-collar workers are confronted with great hardships.unknown
He never changes his opinion, even when confronted with the contradictions between his beliefs.mailohilohi
At the time, our country was confronted with serious economic difficulties.CM

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as a verb