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| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be at odds |
| Synonyms: | brawl, clash, collide, combat, contend, contest, contrast, differ, disagree, discord, disturb, fight, interfere, jar, mismatch, oppose, romp, scrap, slug, strive, struggle, tangle, vary, bump heads with, cross swords with, disaccord, disharmonize, lock horns with, run against tide, square off with |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, be calm |
| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, warfare |
| Synonyms: | battle, clash, collision, combat, competition, contention, contest, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, rivalry, strife, striving, struggle, war, emulation, set-to, tug-of-war |
| Antonyms: | agreement, calm, concord, peace, stability |
| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, discord |
| Synonyms: | affray, animosity, antagonism, bad blood*, brush, competition, contention, contest, dance, difference, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, faction, flap, fray, friction, fuss, hassle, hostility, interference, meeting, opposition, row, ruckus, run-in, strife, variance, concours, disaccord, disunity, divided loyalties, factionalism, set-to |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, concord, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antagonism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | causing problem; opposition |
| Synonyms: | animosity, animus, antipathy, antithesis, clashing, competition, conflict, contention, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, enmity, friction, hatred, hostility, incongruity, rancor, resistance, rivalry, contradistinction, contrariety, oppugnancy |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding |
| Main Entry: | collide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam into |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conflict, crash, crunch*, disagree, fragment, hit, jolt, pulverize*, scrap*, shatter, smash, splinter, strike, fender-bend, meet head-on, pile up*, plow into, sideswipe, wrack up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, battle royal*, brush, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, flap, fray, jackpot*, mix-up*, run-in*, service, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare, brush-off, shoot-out |
| Antonyms: | accord, compromise, peace, retreat, surrender, truce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contradiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variance to something |
| Synonyms: | conflict, defiance, denial, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, incongruity, inconsistency, negation, opposite, opposition, bucking, confutation, contravention, gainsaying |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, agreement, approval, concession, confirmation, verification, OK, corroboration, reconcilement |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, differ |
| Synonyms: | balance, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, mismatch, oppose, separate, stand out, vary, weigh, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, hold a candle to, match up, set in opposition, set off, stack up against |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Antonyms: | accord, agree, coincide, concur, conform, be alike, be equal, be similar |
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef*, bone of contention*, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks*, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
| Synonyms: | bone*, bone of contention*, conflict, contention, denial, difference, discord, dissension, dissidence, flak*, hassle, heresy, nonconformity, objection, opposition, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, spat, split, strife, variance, bone to pick, clinker, disaccord, disunity, far cry, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nope, poles apart, sour note, unorthodoxy |
| Antonyms: | agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major argument; estrangement |
| Synonyms: | altercation, bad blood*, broil*, combat, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, faction, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, row, run-in*, squabble, strife, vendetta, bickering, falling out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, friendship, comradeship |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, encounter |
| Synonyms: | argument, battle royal*, beef*, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brush, combat, conflict, contention, dispute, donnybrook*, exchange, flap*, fracas, free-for-all*, go, hassle, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, riot, roughhouse, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in*, scramble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle, brannigan, brawling, hell broke loose, punch out, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | peace, surrender, ceasefire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, battle |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle royal*, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, clash, combat, conflict, contest, disturbance, donnybrook*, engagement, fracas, melee, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, rumble, rumpus, scuffle, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interfere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle, intervene |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, barge in, busybody*, butt in*, conflict, discommode, foil, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, intercede, intermediate, interpose, intrude, jam, make*, obstruct, obtrude, oppose, prevent, remit, step in, stop, suspend, tamper, thwart, trammel, trouble, fool with, get in the way, get involved, hang up*, incommode, interlope, intermeddle, intermit, mix in, poke nose in |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meddling, impedance |
| Synonyms: | arrest, background, barring, clashing, conflict, hindrance, intervention, intrusion, obstruction, opposition, prying, resistance, backseat driving, barging in, blocking, checking, choking, clogging, hampering, intermeddling, interposition, meddlesomeness, retardation, tackling, tampering, trespassing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | jangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clinking noises |
| Synonyms: | chime, clank, clash, clatter, conflict, discord, jar, jingle, mismatch, rattle, vibrate, disaccord, disharmonize, hit a sour note |
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sporting event involving several participants |
| Synonyms: | competition, conflict, contest, event, match, meeting, tournament, athletic event, tourney |
| Main Entry: | rivalry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
| Synonyms: | antagonism, bout, candidacy, clash, conflict, contest, duel, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, jealousy, match, opposition, race, sport, strife, struggle, tournament, athletic event, emulation, matchup, one on one, tug-of-war |
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, engagement, feud, fisticuffs*, fracas, fray, melee, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run-in*, scrap*, scuffle, strife, tiff, tussle, war |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, bicker, brawl, clash, combat, conflict, cross swords, dispute, engage, feud, grapple, quarrel, scrap, scuffle, spar, struggle, tussle, war, wrangle, wrestle, altercate, do battle, go to war, mix it up, wage war |
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