Confrontation

//ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "confrontation" (116 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (58)

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Translations

104 translations across 40 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • ballafaqim noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • kundërvënie noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مُجَابَهَة noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • مُوَاجَهَة noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qarşıdurma noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • qarşıdurma noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • канфранта́цыя noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • канфранта́цыя noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • супрацьстая́нне noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • супрацьстая́нне noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • би́тка noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • конфронта́ция noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • конфронта́ция noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • противопоста́вяне noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Catalan

4 entries
  • afrontament noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • confrontació noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • confrontament noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • enfrontament noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • بەرەنگار noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • بەرەنگاربوونەوە noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 對峙 /对峙 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 對質 /对质 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 衝突 /冲突 noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Czech

1 entries
  • konfrontace noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Danish

1 entries
  • konfrontation noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Dutch

2 entries
  • confrontatie noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • confrontatie noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Estonian

2 entries
  • konfrontatsioon noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • vastasseis noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Finnish

4 entries
  • konfrontaatio noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • vaatiminen noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • yhteenotto noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • yhteenotto noun (a conflict between armed forces)

French

2 entries
  • confrontation noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • confrontation noun (a conflict between armed forces)

German

4 entries
  • Auseinandersetzung noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • Gegenüberstellung noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • Konfrontation noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • Konfrontation noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עִמּוּת \ עימות noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Hindi

2 entries
  • आमना-सामना noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • मुक़ाबला noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • konfrontáció noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • szembesítés noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • تَقابُل noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • رویارویی noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • مُقابِلِه noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • مُواجَهِه noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Italian

2 entries
  • confronto noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • scontro noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 対決 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 対立 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 直面 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 衝突 noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Korean

4 entries
  • 대결 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 대립 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 대치 noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • 충돌 noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Latvian

1 entries
  • konfrontācija noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • konfrontacija noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • конфронта́ција noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • пре́сметка noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • спротивставу́вање noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • спротивставу́вање noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • pevçûn noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • rûbirûbûn noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • tûşîbûn noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • şer noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • konfrontasjon noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • konfrontasjon noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Polish

1 entries
  • konfrontacja noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • briga noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • confronto noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • confronto noun (a conflict between armed forces)

Romanian

1 entries
  • confruntare noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Russian

4 entries
  • конфронта́ция noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • конфронта́ция noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • противобо́рство noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • противостоя́ние noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • konfrontácija noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • конфронта́ција noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Slovak

1 entries
  • konfrontácia noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Slovene

1 entries
  • soočenje noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Spanish

3 entries
  • careo noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • confrontación noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • enfrentamiento noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Swedish

1 entries
  • konfrontation noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Tajik

2 entries
  • конфронтатсия noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • тақобул noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • зі́ткнення noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • конфронта́ція noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • конфронта́ція noun (a conflict between armed forces)
  • протистоя́ння noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Urdu

2 entries
  • آمْنا سامْنا noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)
  • مُقابْلَہ noun (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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He deliberately kept on provoking a confrontation.

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I don't like confrontation.

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Some journalists claim that Russia and the U.S. are in confrontation as competitors in the battle for influence on the development of Ukraine.

Source: tatoeba (3065435)

Tom really wanted to walk away from the confrontation, but the bystanders kept egging him on.

Source: tatoeba (3890569)

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