ENCOUNTER Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word encounter. (opposite meanings)

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	avoid				verbv
	verb • stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off • refrain from doing something • refrain from certain foods or beverages • declare invalid
	bypass				verbv
	noun • a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center • a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) • a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current verb • avoid something unpleasant or laborious
	circumvent				verbv
	verb • surround so as to force to give up • beat through cleverness and wit • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
	elude				verbv
	verb • escape, either physically or mentally • be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
	evade				verbv
	verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) • escape, either physically or mentally • practice evasion • use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
	ignore				verbv
	verb • refuse to acknowledge • bar from attention or consideration • fail to notice • give little or no attention to • be ignorant of or in the dark about
	miss				verb, adverb, nounv, adv, n
	noun • a form of address for an unmarried woman • a young female • a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) verb • fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind • feel or suffer from the lack of • fail to attend an event or activity • leave undone or leave out • fail to reach or get to • be without • fail to reach • be absent • fail to experience
	neglect				verb, nounv, n
	noun • lack of attention and due care • the state of something that has been unused and neglected • willful lack of care and attention • the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern • failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances verb • leave undone or leave out • fail to do something; leave something undone • fail to attend to • give little or no attention to
	overlook				verbv
	noun • a high place affording a good view verb • look past, fail to notice • be oriented in a certain direction • leave undone or leave out • look down on • watch over
	shun				verbv
	verb • avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of • expel from a community or group