Definition for Affray:

• Breach of the peace, caused by fighting or riot in a public place. [ old French]

Synonyms for Affray:

• n.

  •
  • confrontation,
  • a war of words,
  • misunderstanding,
  • riot,
  • disagreement,
  • argument,
  • attack.
  •affray (noun)
  • disturbance,
  • ruffle,
  • altercation.
  •battle (noun)
  • combat.
  •brawl (noun)
  • dis order,
  • up roar,
  • duke outs,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis orders,
  • up roars,
  • up-roar,
  • up-roars,
  • dis-order.
  •clash (noun)
  • mis-understandings,
  • dis harmonies,
  • set-tos,
  • dis-cord,
  • mis understanding,
  • dis-harmony,
  • dis cords,
  • mis understandings,
  • runin,
  • have go each other,
  • have a go each other,
  • mis-understanding,
  • dis harmony,
  • difference opinion,
  • settos,
  • set tos,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis-harmonies,
  • dis cord,
  • have go at each other.
  •combat (noun)
  • brush offs,
  • shoot outs,
  • brush-offs,
  • brushoffs.
  •communication (noun)
  • affray.
  •conflict (noun)
  • concours,
  • divided loyalties,
  • factionalism.
  •contest (noun)
  • de-bate,
  • tug of wars,
  • de bates,
  • de-bates,
  • de bate,
  • tug-of-wars.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • quarrel.
  •fight (noun)
  • assault,
  • skirmish,
  • encounter,
  • ruckus.
  •fracas (noun)
  • knock-down-drag-outs,
  • knock down drag out,
  • knock down drag outs.
  •quarrel (noun)
  • dis approval,
  • fallingout,
  • dis-approval,
  • dis-approvals,
  • dis approvals,
  • brannigans,
  • catfights.
  •row (noun)
  • talkingtos,
  • tellingoff,
  • telling-offs,
  • telling offs,
  • tellingoffs,
  • talking-tos,
  • shouting matches,
  • talkingto,
  • talking tos,
  • tonguelashing,
  • tongue lashing.
  •strife (noun)
  • tug war.
  •tumult (noun)
  • unsettlements,
  • out-break,
  • up-turns,
  • out-cries,
  • un-rests,
  • un rest,
  • out cries,
  • un-settlement,
  • up turns,
  • un-rest,
  • un settlement,
  • un-settlements,
  • out-breaks,
  • out break,
  • wildnesses,
  • up-turn,
  • out-cry,
  • seethings,
  • out breaks,
  • un settlements.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • donnybrook.
  •
  • battle.

Antonyms for Affray:

• n.

  • fight
    harmony, truce, retreat, surrender, peace, agreement, calm.

Affray Sentence Examples:

• Both Anstice and Garnett had been in the thick of the last affray; and the soldier who was apparently in command of the expedition took advantage of the breathing - space to congratulate the defenders on the splendid defiance they had offered to their foes.

Homophones for Affray:

• afro, abor, afire, appear, abhor, averrhoa, au pair, aperea, abhorrer, apar, apr, avower, aver, aviary, appro, affaire, apiary, aper, a priori, affair, apery.

Hypernym for Affray:

• n.

  • communication
    batrachomyomachia.

Hyponym for Affray:

• n.

  • communication
    row, words, quarrel, run-in, dustup, wrangle.