Synonyms and related words :
accost, advance, affront, alight upon, analogize, approach, appropinquate, approximate, assimilate, await, baffle, balance, balk, be imminent, be in store, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, beard, bell the cat, bid defiance, bite the bullet, blast, brave, brazen, brazen out, breast, brew, bring before, bring forward, bring into analogy, bring into comparison, bring up, bump heads, bump into, call out, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, close, close in, close with, come, come across, come among, come closer, come forward, come near, come on, come up, come up against, come upon, compare, compare and contrast, compare with, complain, complain loudly, confound, confront with, contend, contend with, contrapose, contraposit, contrast, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterpose, counterwork, cross, dare, dash, defeat, defy, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, dispute, disrupt, dissent, double-dare, draw a comparison, draw a parallel, draw near, draw nigh, draw on, elude, encounter, envisage, face, face down, face out, face the music, face up, face up to, face with, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall upon, flout, flummox, foil, forthcome, front, frustrate, gain upon, gather, hang over, hover, impend, kick against, knock the chocks, lay before, lie opposite, lie over, light upon, liken, liken to, loom, lower, make a stand, match, measure against, meet, meet boldly, meet head-on, meet squarely, meet up with, meet with, menace, metaphorize, narrow the gap, near, nonplus, object, offer resistance, oppose, outdare, overhang, parallel, perplex, pitch upon, place against, place before, polarize, pose against, present to, protest, proximate, put in opposition, put it to, recalcitrate, relate, reluct, remonstrate, resist, revolt, ruin, run a comparison, run across, run into, run smack into, run the gauntlet, run up against, run upon, sabotage, scorn, scotch, scout, scream defiance, set at defiance, set before, set in contrast, set in opposition, set off against, set over against, show fight, sidle up to, similize, speak out, speak up, spike, spoil, stand, stand at bay, stand opposed, stand opposite, stand up against, stand up to, stare down, stem, step up, stonewall, strive against, stump, subtend, threaten, thwart, upset, view together, weigh, weigh against, withstand