Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "encounter" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Genre

short story

Dbpedia Language

english language

Derived Terms

close encounter encounter group encounterable encounterer marriage encounter misencounter nonencounter random encounter re-encounter reencounter unencountered

Derived From

en

Context

sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act combat come across compete connection connexion contend convergence disagreement experience fight fighting have joining meet move receive run across run into scrap see vie

Type Of (IsA)

joining magazine written work

Related Terms

aliens clash conflict confront confrontation engage hostile match meet meeting skirmish unexpected unexpectedly unplanned

Similar Terms

assemble foregather forgather gather meet play

Synonym Network

brush clash confrontation find meet meeting run into

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.