Thesaurus
meet
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of MEET
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to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face <we never once met another car on that lonely country road>
Related Words accost, confront; face, greet, salute; collide (with), crash (into); crisscross, cross, pass; hit (upon), light (upon), tumble (to); reencounter, remeet
Phrases bump into, cross paths (with), run across, run into, run upon
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to come together into one body or place <we'll meet for dinner, with a discussion to follow, next week>
Synonyms cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, rendezvous
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to do what is required by the terms of <a financially struggling city trying to meet its loans>
Related Words conclude, consummate, finalize, finish, perfect; accomplish, achieve, bring about, bring off, carry out, effect; commit, compass, discharge, execute, follow through (with), make, perform
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to produce something equal to (as in quality or value) <I'll meet your bet, nay, I'll even raise it>
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to put up with (something painful or difficult) <trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job>
Synonyms abide, absorb, accept, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]
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to give what is owed for <I paid a portion of the long-distance bill to keep my carrier from cutting off service until I can meet the remainder of the charges>
Synonyms ante up, balance, clear, discharge, foot, liquidate, meet, pay off, pay up, pony up, quit, recompense, settle, spring (for), stand
Antonyms repudiate
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