Definition for Fray:

• Affray; broil; contest; combat.

Synonyms for Fray:

• n.

  •
  • crumble,
  • smash,
  • break up,
  • disintegrate,
  • splinter,
  • fragment,
  • shatter.
  •
  • tumult,
  • lose it,
  • mind,
  • snap,
  • see red,
  • go off at the deep end,
  • fly into a temper/rage,
  • lose your temper (with),
  • hold against,
  • lose your cool,
  • attack,
  • rise to.
  •act (noun)
  • ruffle,
  • affray,
  • fray.
  •battle (noun)
  • sortie,
  • blitzkreig,
  • significant contact,
  • combat,
  • havoc,
  • engagement,
  • Wars,
  • strife,
  • scrimmage.
  •brawl (noun)
  • duke outs,
  • up-roar,
  • up-roars,
  • dis order,
  • dis-order,
  • dis orders,
  • up roars,
  • up roar,
  • dis-orders.
  •chafe (noun)
  • chafe.
  •clash (noun)
  • have a go each other,
  • dis-cord,
  • settos,
  • dis-harmony,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis cords,
  • dis harmonies,
  • dis harmony,
  • runin,
  • have go each other,
  • difference opinion,
  • mis understanding,
  • mis-understanding,
  • have go at each other,
  • mis understandings,
  • mis-understandings,
  • dis cord,
  • set-tos,
  • set tos,
  • dis-harmonies.
  •combat (noun)
  • brush-offs,
  • shoot outs,
  • brush offs,
  • brushoffs.
  •conflict (noun)
  • factionalism,
  • divided loyalties,
  • tug-of-war,
  • concours.
  •contest (noun)
  • de bates,
  • de-bates,
  • de bate,
  • de-bate.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • quarrel.
  •disturbance (noun)
  • dis-traction,
  • dis arrangements,
  • dis traction,
  • up-risings,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis-arrangements,
  • ex-plosions,
  • up-rising,
  • dis tractions,
  • dis-arrangement,
  • ex plosion,
  • big stinks,
  • ex-plosion,
  • big scenes,
  • up rising,
  • up risings,
  • dis arrangement,
  • ex plosions.
  •donnybrook (noun)
  • hoedowns.
  •encounter (noun)
  • velitations.
  •fight (noun)
  • dis agreement,
  • ex change,
  • sparring matches,
  • dis agreements,
  • ex changes,
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis-agreements.
  •fight, battle (noun)
  • broil,
  • rumpus,
  • battle royal,
  • brouhaha.
  •fracas (noun)
  • knock down drag out,
  • knock down drag outs,
  • knock-down-drag-outs.
  •fray (noun)
  • scratch.
  •quarrel (noun)
  • fallingout,
  • brannigans,
  • catfights.
  •riot (noun)
  • mis rules,
  • dis temper,
  • dis tempers,
  • dis-tempers,
  • dis-temper,
  • street fightings,
  • shivarees,
  • mis-rule,
  • mis-rules,
  • mis rule,
  • anarchisms,
  • mob violences.
  •row (noun)
  • telling-offs,
  • tellingoff,
  • tellingoffs,
  • telling offs,
  • tongue lashing,
  • tonguelashing,
  • shouting matches,
  • talking-tos,
  • talkingto,
  • talking tos,
  • talkingtos.
  •tussle (noun)
  • under-takings,
  • under taking,
  • under-taking.

• v.

  •fret (verb)
  • wearing threadbare,
  • wore away,
  • wore threadbare,
  • wears threadbare.
  •shred (verb)
  • made ragged,
  • re duces,
  • re-duces,
  • makes ragged,
  • re-duce,
  • making ragged,
  • re duce.
  •shred, come apart (verb)
  • become ragged,
  • erode,
  • unravel.
  •tear (verb)
  • ex-tracts,
  • jigsawed,
  • jigsawing,
  • ex-tract,
  • jigsawn,
  • pulled apart,
  • evulsed,
  • pulling apart,
  • evulsing,
  • evulses,
  • ex tract.
  •wear (verb)
  • de creases,
  • de creased,
  • went to seed,
  • de-cays,
  • going to seed,
  • went seed,
  • uses up,
  • over using,
  • over-used,
  • de cays,
  • am worthless,
  • is worthless,
  • over worked,
  • de clines,
  • becoming worn,
  • de creasing,
  • over used,
  • over-works,
  • de crease,
  • de-creases,
  • are worthless,
  • becomes worn,
  • art worthless,
  • de-creasing,
  • wert worthless,
  • de cline,
  • de-creased,
  • over works,
  • de-cay,
  • over working,
  • de-cline,
  • de cay,
  • going seed,
  • over-worked,
  • scraping off,
  • becomes threadbare,
  • de-crease,
  • became worn,
  • washes away,
  • were worthless,
  • scraped off,
  • scrapes off,
  • over-using,
  • wears thin,
  • wast worthless,
  • becoming threadbare,
  • being worthless,
  • was worthless,
  • go seed,
  • de-clines,
  • goes seed.

• Other synonyms:

  •gall
  • Filed,
  • gall,
  • galling.

Paraphrases for Fray:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    battle.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    frey.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    fight.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    friar.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    struggle.

Antonyms for Fray:

• n.

  • fight, battle
    peace, tranquility, truce, accord, calm, agreement, surrender, quiet, harmony.

• v.

  • shred, come apart
    sew, please.

Fray Sentence Examples:

• In the fray which occurred, an American named Durfree was killed.

• Come gleaming arms, and battle's deadly fray!

Homophones for Fray:

• frey.

Hyponym for Fray:

• n.

  • act
    fight, scrap, combat, fighting.

• v.

  • contact
    wear out, wear, fall apart, break, bust.