Home › Words › N › nonconfronternonconfronternonconfronter means one who avoids confrontation.EtymologyFrom non- + confront + -er.nounOne who avoids confrontation.e.g.“Confrontation fails to take place because "I don't want to hurt Joe," although in fact the nonconfronter may be concerned about being hurt himself.” — 1983, Wendell L. French, Cecil Bell, Robert A. Zawacki, Organization Development: Theory, Practice, and Research, page 54:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nonconfrontation 83% match — Avoidance of confrontation. vs nonconfronter →confrontationist 71% match — One who favours confrontation. vs nonconfronter →confronter 69% match — Someone who or something which confronts. vs nonconfronter →confrontationalist 67% match — Synonym of confrontationist. vs nonconfronter →confrontational 62% match — Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face. vs nonconfronter →confrontationism 61% match — A policy of confrontation. vs nonconfronter →nonconformer 61% match — One who does not conform to expected norms and standards; a nonconformist. vs nonconfronter →confrontative 60% match — confrontational vs nonconfronter →