Select the most appropriate antonym of the word.

Confront

Avoid

The most appropriate antonym of the word confront is avoid.

• Confront means "to face (someone or something) with hostility or defiance."
• Avoid means "to keep away from (something) intentionally."

The other words do not have the same meaning as confront, so they are not its antonyms.

• Oppose means "to be against (something) and try to prevent it from happening."
• Encounter means "to meet (someone or something) by chance or unexpectedly."
• Meet means "to come into the presence of (someone or something) by chance or arrangement."