| Main Entry: | war |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armed conflict |
Synonyms: |
battle, bloodshed, cold war, combat, conflict, contention, contest, enmity, fighting, hostilities, hostility, police action, strife, strike, struggle, warfare |
Antonyms: |
ceasefire, peace |
| Main Entry: | war |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, battle |
Synonyms: |
attack, attempt, bombard, campaign against, challenge, clash, combat, contend, contest, differ, disagree, endeavor, engage in combat, go to war, kill, make war, march against, meet, murder, oppugn, shell, shoot, strive, struggle, take on, take the field against, take up arms, tug, wage war |
Antonyms: |
agree, ceasefire, make peace |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military fight |
Synonyms: |
action, assault, attack, barrage, blitzkreig, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conflict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, significant contact, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare |
Antonyms: |
truce |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, struggle |
Synonyms: |
agitate, argue, clamor, combat, contend, contest, dispute, feud, oppugn, skirmish, strive, tug, war, wrestle |
Antonyms: |
make peace |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight about, often verbally |
Synonyms: |
argue, bang heads, battle, brawl, buck, combat, conflict, contend, cross swords, differ, disagree, encounter, feud, fret, gall, grapple, grate, mix it up, quarrel, raise Cain, row, try, war, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree |
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle |
Synonyms: |
action, affray, battle royal, brush, brush-off, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, flap, fray, jackpot, mix-up, run-in, service, shoot-out, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare |
Antonyms: |
accord, compromise, peace, retreat, surrender, truce |
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
Synonyms: |
battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, cross swords with, defy, dispute, do battle with, duel, engage, fight, go up against, oppose, put up a fight, repel, resist, shoot it out, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand |
Antonyms: |
agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender |
| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, warfare |
Synonyms: |
battle, clash, collision, combat, competition, contention, contest, emulation, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, rivalry, set-to, strife, striving, struggle, tug-of-war, war |
Antonyms: |
agreement, calm, concord, peace, stability |
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
Synonyms: |
altercation, argument, battle, beef, belligerency, bone of contention, bone to pick, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, feuding, fight, flak, hassle, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, squabble, static, strife, struggle, variance, war, wrangle, wrangling |
Antonyms: |
affection, consideration, friendliness, friendship, good will, kindness, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | defend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect |
Synonyms: |
avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look after, maintain, mine, nourish, oppose, panoply, preserve, prevent, provide sanctuary, repel danger, resist, retain, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stave off, sustain, take in, uphold, war, ward off, watch, watch over, withstand |
Antonyms: |
abandon, attack, desert, leave, quit, relinquish, resign, surrender |