Encounter
Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Front and encounter are semantically related in happen upon topic. In some cases you can use "Front" instead a verb "Encounter", when it comes to topics like meet.
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
How words are described
| close | close encounter | close front |
| common | common encounter | common front |
| future | future encounter | future front |
| original | original encounter | original front |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, bad, personal, new. | ||
Common collocations
| band | encounter band | front band |
Both words in one sentence
- One character in an interlude has varying degrees - being able to block psychics, or hide from them, or create a perfect fake front for them to encounter instead.
Source: Literature / Brennus - When Skinner and Mrs Crabappel begin their on-off romance, they encounter resistance from parents who accuse them of behaving inappropriatly in front of the students.
Source: Not in Front of the Kid -
Sometimes the encounter will be a Boss in Mook Clothing, especially if the square is right in front of a chest with a particularly important item (they did this instead of using a Chest Monster).
Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy I
Cite this Source
Front and Encounter. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encounter/front
Encounter & Front. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encounter/front>.
Front or Encounter. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/encounter/front.
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