Definition for Altercation:

• Angry controversy; disputing.

Synonyms for Altercation:

• n.

  •
  • a war of words,
  • confrontation.
  •
  • argument,
  • bicker,
  • tangle.
  •argument (noun)
  • ex change,
  • faceoff,
  • set-tos,
  • knock down and drag outs,
  • ex changes,
  • knock down drag out,
  • ex-changes,
  • settos,
  • knock down drag outs,
  • set tos,
  • ex-change,
  • bone pick,
  • brannigans.
  •bone of contention (noun)
  • matter hand,
  • tender spots,
  • point question,
  • sore points,
  • bone-contention,
  • bone contention.
  •brawl (noun)
  • dis orders,
  • dis-order,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis order,
  • up roars,
  • up-roar,
  • up-roars,
  • free for all,
  • up roar,
  • duke outs.
  •break (noun)
  • dis affections,
  • dis-affection,
  • mis-understanding,
  • dis affection,
  • mis understanding,
  • dis-affections,
  • mis understandings,
  • mis-understandings.
  •competition (noun)
  • contention.
  •conflict (noun)
  • raucousness,
  • Discordancy,
  • cacophony,
  • friction,
  • antagonism,
  • difference,
  • disharmony,
  • clash,
  • hostility,
  • enmity,
  • dissidence,
  • harshness,
  • discord,
  • squall,
  • tension,
  • dissonance,
  • hubbub,
  • warfare,
  • animosity,
  • commotion,
  • riot,
  • collision,
  • clamor,
  • antipathy.
  •contention (noun)
  • flak,
  • Wars,
  • wranglings.
  •contest (noun)
  • tug-of-wars,
  • tug of wars.
  •controversy (noun)
  • dissentions.
  •debate (noun)
  • de bates,
  • de-bate,
  • rebuttings,
  • de liberation,
  • blah blahs,
  • de liberations,
  • blahblah,
  • re-butting,
  • blahblahs,
  • re-flections,
  • blah blah,
  • controvertings,
  • mootings,
  • re butting,
  • re-buttings,
  • blah-blahs,
  • re flections,
  • re flection,
  • de-liberations,
  • de bate,
  • de-liberation,
  • re buttings,
  • de-bates,
  • refutings,
  • re-flection.
  •difference of opinion (noun)
  • bone of contention,
  • irreconcilable differences,
  • irreconcilable difference.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • cross-purpose,
  • vendetta,
  • ill feeling,
  • atmospherics,
  • divisiveness,
  • ill feelings,
  • cross-purposes.
  •discussion (noun)
  • ex aminations,
  • dis-courses,
  • re view,
  • inter view,
  • re-view,
  • inter views,
  • dis course,
  • dis courses,
  • ex amination,
  • dis-course,
  • inter-views,
  • groupthinks,
  • inter-view,
  • re views,
  • re-views,
  • ex-aminations.
  •dispute (noun)
  • flareup.
  •dissension (noun)
  • bad vibe,
  • factionalisms,
  • sour notes.
  •falling-out (noun)
  • sharp word,
  • fallingout.
  •fight (noun)
  • sparring matches.
  •fight, often verbal (noun)
  • bickering,
  • blowup,
  • go,
  • beef,
  • combat,
  • brush,
  • flap,
  • Squabbling.
  •fracas (noun)
  • knock-down-drag-outs.
  •fuss (noun)
  • dis plays,
  • dis-play,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis play,
  • up sets,
  • up-set,
  • up-sets,
  • kick-ups,
  • kickups,
  • kick ups.
  •hassle (noun)
  • in conveniences,
  • in-convenience,
  • in-conveniences.
  •quarrel (noun)
  • dis approval,
  • dis-approvals,
  • dis-approval,
  • dis approvals,
  • catfights.
  •row (noun)
  • talking-tos,
  • telling-offs,
  • telling offs,
  • tellingoff,
  • tongue lashing,
  • shouting matches,
  • tonguelashing,
  • tellingoffs,
  • talking tos,
  • talkingtos,
  • talkingto.
  •run-in (noun)
  • run in.
  •rupture (noun)
  • break-ups,
  • bustups,
  • split-ups,
  • break ups,
  • split ups,
  • splitups,
  • splitup.
  •strife (noun)
  • tug war.
  •tiff (noun)
  • bad moods,
  • bad mood.
  •tumult (noun)
  • un settlements,
  • out breaks,
  • unsettlements,
  • out break,
  • out-break,
  • up-turn,
  • up turns,
  • wildnesses,
  • out-cries,
  • out cries,
  • up-turns,
  • un-settlement,
  • un settlement,
  • out-cry,
  • un-settlements,
  • seethings,
  • out-breaks.
  •unrest (noun)
  • moodiness.
  •wrangle (noun)
  • study atquarrel.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rhubarb,
  • quarrel.
  •
  • word.

Paraphrases for Altercation:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dispute.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disagreement.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    argument.

Antonyms for Altercation:

• n.

  • fight, often verbal
    agreement, accord, peace, union, harmony, quiet, unity, concord, calm.

Altercation Sentence Examples:

• The first words which were distinct aroused my interest quite beyond the scale of an ordinary altercation: - " Calls you'self a reconstuckted niggah?"

• In the meantime, our friend Jules, sublimely unconscious of the altercation going on outside, and of the special risk which he ran, was of course actually in the cellar, which he had reached before Racksole got to the railings for the first time.