face-off

Questions about face-off

What does face-off mean?

face-off means "a hostile disagreement face-to-face". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in face-off?

face-off has 3 syllables: fa-ce--off. The stress falls on "fa".

What is another word for face-off?

Close synonyms include confrontation, encounter, showdown. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is face-off a common word?

face-off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.