Synonyms of the word

confrontation

• n. The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
• n. A conflict between armed forces.

challenge

• n. A confrontation; a dare.
• n. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that…
• n. (law) A procedure or action.
• n. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
• v. To invite someone to take part in a competition.
• v. To dare someone.
• v. To dispute something.
• v. (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
• v. (obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
• v. (obsolete) To censure; to blame.
• v. (military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
• v. (US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as…
• v. (Canada, US) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

comparing

• v. present participle of compare.

comparison

• n. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
• n. An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
• n. With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
• n. (grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
• n. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
• n. (rhetoric) A simile.
• n. (phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

disagreement

• n. An argument or debate.
• n. A condition of not agreeing or concurring.

discord

• n. Lack of concord, agreement or harmony.
• n. Tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
• n. (music) An inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
• n. Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
• v. (archaic) To disagree; to be at variance; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.

dissension

• n. An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
• n. Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.

encounter

• v. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
• v. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
• n. An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
• n. A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
• n. A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
• n. (sports) A match between two opposing sides.

face-off

• n. A confrontation or argument between two people or groups.
• n. (ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee.

opposition

• n. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
• n. An opposite or contrasting position.
• n. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees…
• n. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
• n. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent…
• n. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance…

resistance

• n. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
• n. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
• n. (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
• n. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance…

showdown

• n. The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor.
• n. The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table…