| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | differ |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clash; hold opposing views |
Synonyms: |
bicker, bump heads, contend, debate, demur, disaccord, disagree, discept, discord, dispute, dissent, divide, fight, go after each other, go at it, hit a clinker, hit a sour note, jar, lock horns, object, oppose, protest against, quarrel, squabble, take issue, vary, war |
Antonyms: |
agree, consent, harmonize |
| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be different |
Synonyms: |
be discordant, be dissimilar, clash, conflict, contradict, counter, depart, deviate, differ, discord, disharmonize, dissent, diverge, run counter to, vary, war |
Antonyms: |
agree, coincide, harmonize |
| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue; hold differing opinion |
Synonyms: |
altercate, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bring action, clash, contend, contest, controversialize, controvert, debate, differ, disaccord, discept, discord, dispute, dissent, divide, fall out, feud, fight, go for the jugular, haggle, have words, jump on, lay into, let have it, logomachize, object, oppose, palter, quarrel, quibble, rip, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, spar, spat, sue, take issue, take on, war, wrangle, zap |
Antonyms: |
accept, acquiesce, agree, concur, consent |
| Main Entry: | feud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight bitterly; fall out |
Synonyms: |
be at daggers with, be at odds, bicker, brawl, clash, contend, dispute, duel, quarrel, row, squabble, war |
Antonyms: |
agree, make peace, socialize |
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | engage in physical encounter |
Synonyms: |
altercate, assault, attack, bandy with, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, brush with, buck, carry on war, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, flare up, go to war, grapple, joust, meet, mix it up, oppugn, ply weapons, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, tiff, tilt, traverse, tug, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle |
Antonyms: |
agree, make peace, surrender, yield |