Encounter and Escape

Encounter

Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: quite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe

Escape is an antonym for encounter.

Nearby Words: encountered, encountering

Escape

Escape verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.

Encounter is an antonym for escape in break away from topic.

How words are described

close close encounter close escape
special special encounter special escape
particular particular encounter particular escape
original original encounter original escape
Other adjectives: initial, single, simple, actual, entire, real, violent, personal, new, possible, next, subsequent, last.

Common collocations

life encounter life escape life
army encounter army escape army
situation encounter situation escape situation
time encounter time escape time
Other words: room, ship, planet, times, enemies.
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