face off

The phrase “face off” has 2 syllables: face off

It's pronounced as /feɪs ɔf/


What is synonym and antonym for face off?

In the thesaurus, “face off” has 65 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for face off along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for face off

  • argue
  • argument
  • ball game
  • battle
  • brave
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collision
  • combat
  • compete
  • competition
  • conflict
  • confront
  • confrontation
  • contend
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • dare
  • debate
  • defy
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissention
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • encounter
  • engage
  • fight
  • friction
  • go one-on-one
  • go out
  • go up against
  • grapple
  • horse race
  • jockey
  • jostle
  • maneuver
  • match
  • nail-biter
  • play
  • quarrel
  • race
  • rival
  • rivalry
  • row
  • run-in
  • showdown
  • skirmish
  • strife
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • take on
  • train
  • try out
  • tug-of-war
  • vie
  • war
  • warfare
  • work
  • wrangle

Antonyms for face off

Meanings of face off

  • noun
    1. The starting point in a match of ice hockey, where two players face each other to snatch the puck.
    2. A face-to-face confrontation, especially a bitter one.
  • verb
    1. To confront (each other).

Example Sentences

  • The two rival gangs are about to face off in a turf war.
  • In the final round of the competition, the top contenders will face off for the championship title.
  • As the tension mounted, the boxers prepared to face off in the ring.
  • The political candidates will face off in a televised debate to discuss key issues.
  • In the thrilling movie climax, the hero and villain will face off in an epic battle.

On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to face off, such as: agreement, argue, argument, ball game, battle, brave, calm.

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Related Words

dare

  • accost
  • adventure
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  • battle
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  • laugh at
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  • pluck up
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  • stand
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  • stump
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  • take heart
  • take one on
  • taunt
  • threaten
  • throw down the gauntlet
  • try
  • undertake
  • venture
  • withstand

hang in

  • abide
  • accept
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  • adamant
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  • bear
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  • beard
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  • face the music
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  • fare
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  • feel
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  • foresee
  • forge ahead
  • freeze to
  • get along
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  • give access
  • go
  • go eyeball to eyeball with
  • go for broke
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  • go on
  • go one on one with
  • go through
  • go toe to toe with
  • go up against
  • grasp
  • grim
  • grin and bear it
  • grip
  • gut it out
  • hack
  • halt
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  • hang in there
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  • hard
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  • have
  • have faith
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  • hold the phone
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  • hug
  • impeach
  • implacable
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  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • inhuman
  • inquire
  • insist upon
  • investigate
  • invite competition
  • just make it
  • keep at
  • keep driving
  • keep fingers crossed
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  • knock on wood
  • know
  • lag
  • last
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  • lengthen
  • let in
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  • linger
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  • loiter
  • look at sunny side
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  • maintain
  • make a point of
  • make a stand
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  • mortal
  • move
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  • nest
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  • pitiless
  • plug away
  • pray
  • press on
  • presume
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  • promote
  • provoke
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  • put down roots
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  • query
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  • remorseless
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  • resign oneself
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  • rest
  • ride
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  • rigid
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  • settle
  • single-minded
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  • stick
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  • stiff
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  • stomach
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  • stretch
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  • take
  • take heart
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  • take it on the chin
  • take patiently
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  • tolerate
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  • unappeasable
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  • uphold
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  • watch for
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race

  • accelerate
  • arrow
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  • battle
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  • beeline
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  • blast
  • blaze
  • blended family
  • blood
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  • brook
  • bundle
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  • cannonball
  • careen
  • career
  • catch up
  • challenge
  • chase
  • clan
  • clansman
  • clash
  • clip
  • compete
  • competition
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  • course
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  • dart
  • dash
  • descendant
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  • drive
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  • dynasty
  • engage
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  • ethnicity
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  • extended family
  • face off
  • family
  • fast-forward
  • fight
  • fling
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  • folk
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  • gallop
  • get a move on
  • gill
  • go
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  • hare
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  • hie
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  • house
  • household
  • hump
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  • jump
  • kin
  • kindred
  • kinfolk
  • kinfolks
  • kinsfolk
  • kinsman
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  • kith
  • lash
  • line
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  • make tracks
  • maneuver
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  • meet
  • minority
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  • nation
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  • nip
  • nuclear family
  • offspring
  • outpace
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  • people
  • play
  • plunge ahead
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  • progeny
  • pursue
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  • rivulet
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  • speed
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  • spurt
  • stampede
  • step
  • step on it
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  • stock
  • streak
  • swoop
  • tear
  • tide
  • train
  • travel
  • tribe
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  • vie
  • whirl
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  • whiz
  • whizz
  • wing
  • work
  • zip
  • zoom

call out

  • accost
  • amass
  • announce
  • arouse
  • ask for
  • ask for trouble
  • assemble
  • assert
  • babble
  • bawl
  • bay
  • beard
  • beep
  • bellow
  • betray
  • blab
  • blurt
  • brave
  • buck
  • burst out
  • burst out with
  • call
  • call aloud
  • call for
  • call in
  • call the name of
  • call up
  • challenge
  • cheer
  • claim
  • clamor
  • collect
  • come out with
  • confront
  • contest
  • convene
  • convoke
  • cross
  • cross swords
  • cry
  • cry out
  • dare
  • declare
  • defy
  • demand
  • denounce
  • disclose
  • dispute
  • divulge
  • do something about it
  • emit
  • exact
  • exclaim
  • face down
  • face off
  • face the music
  • face-off
  • figure
  • fly in the face of
  • gather
  • give away
  • go eyeball to eyeball with
  • go one on one with
  • go toe to toe with
  • go up against
  • group
  • hang in
  • holler
  • hunt for
  • impeach
  • impose
  • impugn
  • inquire
  • insist upon
  • investigate
  • invite competition
  • invite to debate
  • jabber
  • knell
  • leak
  • let on
  • let out
  • let slip
  • let the cat out of the bag
  • make a point of
  • make a stand
  • meet face to face
  • muster
  • object to
  • preconize
  • proclaim
  • provoke
  • query
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  • raise voice
  • rally
  • reassemble
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  • rend the air
  • require
  • reveal
  • roar
  • round up
  • run off at the mouth
  • say loudly
  • scream
  • screech
  • search out
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  • shout
  • shriek
  • spill the beans
  • spout
  • squall
  • squawk
  • stand up to
  • start something
  • state
  • stick it out
  • stimulate
  • summon
  • tax
  • test
  • throw down the gauntlet
  • try
  • utter
  • vindicate
  • vociferate
  • whoop
  • yammer
  • yap
  • yawp
  • yell

take on

  • absorb
  • acquire
  • add
  • address oneself to
  • adopt
  • advance
  • affect
  • agree to do
  • annex
  • append
  • apprentice
  • appropriate
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  • battle
  • become
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  • borrow
  • brave
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  • contest
  • contract
  • copy
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  • dare
  • defy
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  • domesticate
  • embrace
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  • engage
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  • face
  • face off
  • face-off
  • fee
  • fight
  • follow
  • foster
  • go eyeball to eyeball with
  • go one on one with
  • go toe to toe with
  • go up against
  • handle
  • hang in
  • have a go at
  • headhunt
  • heed
  • hire
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  • imitate
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  • investigate
  • invite competition
  • job
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  • lay on
  • make a stand
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  • naturalize
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  • oppose
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  • recruit
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  • rival
  • scout
  • set about
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  • stand up to
  • subcontract
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  • take upon oneself
  • throw down the gauntlet
  • treasure
  • try
  • turn
  • undertake
  • upgrade
  • use
  • usurp
  • utilize
  • venture
  • vie

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