What is another word for war?
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Pronunciation:
[ wˈɔː], [ wˈɔː], [ w_ˈɔː]
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Similar words for war:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- quarrelsome (adjective)
- act (noun)
- armed aggression (noun)
- armed conflict (noun)
- attack (noun)
- battle (noun)
- belligerence (noun)
- combat (noun)
- conflict (noun)
- contention (noun)
- discordance (noun)
- dissentience (noun)
- fight (noun)
- fighting (noun)
- hostility (noun)
- militancy (noun)
- opposition (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pugnacity (noun)
- state of war (noun)
- truculence (noun)
- warfare (noun)
- clash (verb)
- combat (verb)
- conflict (verb)
- defend (verb)
- differ (verb)
- disagree (verb)
- feud (verb)
- fight (verb)
- fight, battle (verb)
- quarrel (verb)
- other synonyms
- battle
- defend
- disagree
- other relevant words
- protect
Synonyms for War:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective) • quarrelsome (adjective)- more brawling,
- cat and dog,
- most cat and dog,
- badtempered,
- bad tempered,
- ex citable,
- most dissentious,
- warrest,
- more dissentious,
- more cat-and-dog,
- most cat-and-dog,
- thinskinned,
- most ructious,
- more pettish,
- thin skinned,
- most gladiatorial,
- most pettish,
- more ructious,
- have chip on shoulder,
- ex-citable,
- most brawling,
- more cat and dog,
- have chip shoulder,
- more gladiatorial.
n.
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- mission.
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- competition,
- dispute,
- controversy,
- argument,
- strife,
- disagreement,
- misunderstanding,
- race,
- quarrel,
- a war of words.
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- antebellum,
- Auschwitz,
- armistice day,
- allied,
- the Berlin Wall,
- Benedict Arnold,
- the Axis,
- the Bay of Pigs,
- the Battle of Britain,
- the Allies.
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- difficulty,
- challenge,
- difference,
- heavy lifting,
- care,
- effort,
- dissent,
- strain,
- undertaking,
- pursuit,
- dedication,
- exertion,
- work.
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- free-for-all.
- war.
- frenzy,
- violence,
- siege,
- bombardment,
- offense,
- attack,
- furor,
- invasion,
- fury,
- barrage,
- foray,
- charge,
- tirade,
- assault,
- thrust,
- onslaught,
- storm,
- spasm,
- sortie,
- raid,
- riot,
- outbreak,
- aggression.
- dis-agreements,
- sparring matches,
- ex change,
- ex changes,
- dis-agreement,
- dis agreement,
- free for all,
- dis agreements.
- dis-affections,
- dis affection,
- dis affections,
- inimicalities,
- un friendlinesses,
- un-friendliness,
- warpaths,
- unfriendlinesses,
- un friendliness,
- un-friendlinesses,
- dis-affection.
- Oppugnancy,
- opposure,
- obstructiveness,
- counter-attack,
- Antinomy,
- negativism,
- counter-attacks,
- Antinomies.
- brannigan,
- warfare,
- shootout,
- dogfight,
- fighting,
- fight,
- shoot-outs,
- shootouts,
- shoot-out,
- dogfights,
- brushoff,
- armed hostilities,
- unfriendliness,
- slugfest,
- hostility,
- conflict,
- Inimicality,
- hell broke loose,
- sparring match,
- battle,
- bloodbath,
- armed aggression,
- grudge,
- roughhouse,
- tussle,
- punch out,
- fisticuffs,
- opposition,
- armed hostility,
- to do,
- mixup,
- brush-off,
- shoot out,
- skirmish,
- warpath,
- TODO,
- polarity,
- armed fighting.
v.
• clash (verb) • combat (verb)- duelled,
- shooting it out,
- puts fight,
- went against,
- goes up against,
- with-standing,
- crosses swords with,
- with-stood,
- dost battle with,
- shoots it out,
- puts up a fight,
- puts up fight,
- shoots out,
- doth battle with,
- with stood,
- with-stand,
- with stand,
- puts a fight,
- crossing swords with,
- putting up a fight,
- doeth battle with,
- goes against,
- putting a fight,
- went up against,
- doing battle with,
- crossed swords with,
- putting fight,
- with stands,
- with-stands,
- putting up fight,
- didst battle with,
- did battle with,
- with standing,
- put a fight,
- doest battle with,
- going up against,
- shot it out,
- put fight,
- does battle with,
- going against.
- germ,
- three-dimensional,
- holy war,
- land,
- ground,
- revolutionary,
- biological,
- aerial,
- political,
- atomic-bacteriological-chemical,
- preventive,
- defensive,
- total,
- trench,
- religious,
- civil,
- armageddon,
- psychological,
- chemical,
- cold,
- war of nerves,
- bacteriological,
- war to end all wars,
- nuclear,
- atomic,
- sea,
- blitzkrieg,
- guerrilla,
- shooting,
- world,
- limited,
- naval,
- hot,
- push button.
- de fends,
- guards against,
- pre-serving,
- hold bay,
- fights for,
- pre-vent,
- fighting for,
- de-fended,
- watches over,
- de-fending,
- up-held,
- beating off,
- fought for,
- pre vents,
- holding at bay,
- held at bay,
- kept safe,
- pre served,
- pre-venting,
- in-sure,
- holding bay,
- guarded against,
- pre-vents,
- keeping safe,
- de-fend,
- beats off,
- pre vent,
- held bay,
- repelled danger,
- providing sanctuary,
- pre-serves,
- de fending,
- pre venting,
- de-fends,
- up held,
- keeps safe,
- guarding against,
- pre-served,
- holds at bay,
- up hold,
- up-holding,
- up-holds,
- repels danger,
- pre serves,
- provides sanctuary,
- pre serve,
- up holds,
- provided sanctuary,
- in sure,
- up holding,
- repelling danger,
- pre serving,
- pre-serve,
- de fended,
- up-hold,
- re tain,
- holds bay,
- re tains,
- fended off,
- panoplying,
- re-tain,
- re-tains,
- de fend,
- pre-vented.
- dis cording,
- dis accorded,
- hits a sour note,
- goes at it,
- hits sour note,
- de-bating,
- went it,
- dis-according,
- de bated,
- hitting sour note,
- hit clinker,
- discepting,
- going at it,
- go it,
- dis cept,
- hits clinker,
- de bates,
- going it,
- de bating,
- dis-corded,
- going after each other,
- hit sour note,
- bumps heads,
- taking issue,
- goes after each other,
- takes issue,
- hitting a sour note,
- hitting clinker,
- de-bates,
- bumped heads,
- de bate,
- hits a clinker,
- took issue,
- discepted,
- went after each other,
- dis according,
- goes it,
- protests against,
- hitting a clinker,
- protested against,
- protesting against,
- dis corded,
- dis-cording,
- bumping heads,
- dis-accorded,
- discepts,
- de-bated,
- de-bate,
- went at it,
- dis-cept.
- am dissimilar,
- is discordant,
- was discordant,
- wert discordant,
- dis-agreeing,
- logomachized,
- dis-harmonizing,
- goes for the jugular,
- fell out,
- has words,
- goes for jugular,
- are discordant,
- jumping on,
- lay in to,
- dis agrees,
- dis agree,
- being dissimilar,
- dis-agree,
- disharmonizes,
- de parted,
- dis-agreed,
- are dissimilar,
- dis harmonized,
- going for the jugular,
- bringing action,
- dis-harmonizes,
- were discordant,
- controversializing,
- lets have it,
- controversializes,
- controversialized,
- logomachizing,
- hath words,
- jumps on,
- de-parts,
- had words,
- ran counter to,
- de part,
- letting have it,
- de-part,
- hast words,
- disharmonizing,
- dis agreeing,
- am discordant,
- dis-harmonized,
- wast dissimilar,
- sets to,
- de parts,
- going for jugular,
- dis-agrees,
- being discordant,
- was dissimilar,
- running counter to,
- went for the jugular,
- wert dissimilar,
- setting to,
- letted have it,
- brings action,
- de-parting,
- dis-harmonize,
- runs counter to,
- dis harmonize,
- brought action,
- wast discordant,
- logomachizes,
- went for jugular,
- is dissimilar,
- de-parted,
- having words,
- hadst words,
- were dissimilar,
- dis harmonizing,
- dis agreed,
- de parting,
- dis harmonizes,
- disharmonized,
- haddest words.
- be daggers with,
- was at daggers with,
- art odds,
- being at daggers with,
- am odds,
- was odds,
- am at daggers with,
- being odds,
- is at odds,
- was daggers with,
- is at daggers with,
- is odds,
- are at daggers with,
- wert odds,
- be odds,
- wast at odds,
- wert daggers with,
- is daggers with,
- wast daggers with,
- art daggers with,
- art at odds,
- are daggers with,
- wert at odds,
- were at daggers with,
- being daggers with,
- wast odds,
- were at odds,
- am at odds,
- art at daggers with,
- wert at daggers with,
- being at odds,
- was at odds,
- am daggers with,
- were daggers with,
- were odds,
- wast at daggers with,
- are at odds.
- exchanges blows,
- taking comers,
- takes comers,
- took all comers,
- took comers,
- waged war,
- taking gauntlet,
- did battle,
- take up gauntlet,
- taking all comers,
- goes war,
- takes all comers,
- carries war,
- takes up gauntlet,
- wages war,
- brushes with,
- take comers,
- takes the gauntlet,
- taking the field,
- does battle,
- going war,
- took gauntlet,
- rowdying,
- carries on war,
- taking up the gauntlet,
- carried on war,
- doth battle,
- bandies with,
- plies weapons,
- went to war,
- dost battle,
- doest battle,
- takes the field,
- went war,
- go war,
- doeth battle,
- took field,
- taking up gauntlet,
- plying weapons,
- took up the gauntlet,
- carried war,
- take the gauntlet,
- bandied with,
- bandying with,
- carrying war,
- took the gauntlet,
- took up gauntlet,
- brushing with,
- didst battle,
- taking field,
- carry war,
- exchanging blows,
- brushed with,
- takes up the gauntlet,
- take field,
- plied weapons,
- took the field,
- goes to war,
- takes gauntlet,
- take gauntlet,
- carrying on war,
- taking the gauntlet,
- flared up,
- going to war,
- flaring up,
- takes field,
- exchanged blows,
- rowdied.
- shell,
- tug,
- engage in combat,
- bombard,
- meet,
- take up arms,
- campaign against,
- march against,
- attempt,
- endeavor,
- shoot,
- take the field against,
- take on,
- kill,
- oppugn,
- strive,
- make war,
- murder.
- has out,
- art loggerheads,
- being loggerheads,
- wert loggerheads,
- are at loggerheads,
- have out,
- haddest it out,
- art at loggerheads,
- dis-approve,
- objects to,
- took exception,
- am at loggerheads,
- being at loggerheads,
- is loggerheads,
- dis-approved,
- were at loggerheads,
- takes exception,
- dis-approving,
- found fault,
- having it out,
- hadst it out,
- hath it out,
- wast loggerheads,
- had out,
- were loggerheads,
- haddest out,
- be loggerheads,
- are loggerheads,
- gat tough with,
- hast it out,
- objected to,
- gets tough with,
- objecting to,
- has it out,
- dis approving,
- getting tough with,
- hadst out,
- am loggerheads,
- gotten tough with,
- wert at loggerheads,
- dis approve,
- got tough with,
- finds fault,
- dis approves,
- was loggerheads,
- hast out,
- dis-approves,
- dis approved,
- hath out,
- had it out,
- is at loggerheads,
- was at loggerheads,
- having out,
- wast at loggerheads.
Other synonyms:
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- air cover,
- asymmetrical warfare,
- push,
- amphibious,
- ambush,
- biowarfare,
- civil war,
- expedition,
- staging area,
- pitched battle,
- world war,
- trench warfare,
- Skirmishing,
- war council,
- Inharmony,
- Corrivalry,
- dissentience,
- discordance,
- OP,
- militarism,
- asymmetric warfare,
- landing,
- pincer movement,
- attrition,
- unarmed combat,
- reconnaissance,
- holocaust,
- cyberwar,
- council of war,
- tug-of-war,
- incursion,
- shelling,
- belligerency.
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- dissonance,
- striving,
- friction,
- maneuver,
- dissidence,
- contend,
- rivalry,
- dissension.
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- discord,
- contention,
- faction,
- tilt.
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- movement.
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- action.
- look after,
- retain,
- ward off,
- Garrisoning,
- provide sanctuary,
- cares for,
- looked after,
- care for,
- guard against,
- Bulwarking,
- Housed,
- hold at bay,
- watch over,
- watched over,
- keep safe,
- looking after,
- beat off,
- cared for,
- watching over,
- fending off,
- fortify,
- Bulwarked,
- panoplied,
- repel danger,
- fight for,
- looks after,
- Garrisoned.
- set to,
- disharmonize,
- jumped on,
- Altercated,
- run counter to,
- go for the jugular,
- Spatted,
- altercate,
- Spatting,
- altercates,
- bring action,
- quibble,
- go for jugular,
- be discordant,
- be dissimilar,
- logomachize,
- controversialize,
- jump on,
- Altercating,
- haggle,
- have words,
- let have it.
- discording,
- bandy with,
- be at daggers with,
- go after each other,
- take all comers,
- flares up,
- bump heads,
- have it out,
- go against,
- hit a sour note,
- jousted,
- Tiffed,
- doing battle,
- be at odds,
- jousting,
- exchange blows,
- clash,
- take exception,
- Quarrelled,
- duelling,
- go to war,
- object to,
- take up the gauntlet,
- Tiffing,
- do battle,
- take the field,
- wage war,
- shoot it out,
- flare up,
- grate,
- hit a clinker,
- protest against,
- be at loggerheads,
- put up a fight,
- brush with,
- go at it,
- differ,
- Struggled,
- put up fight,
- mix it up,
- ply weapons,
- disagree,
- go up against,
- cross swords with,
- shooting out,
- Discept,
- bang heads,
- take issue,
- waging war,
- grapple,
- carry on war,
- feud,
- taking exception,
- discorded,
- Dueling,
- shot out,
- get tough with,
- do battle with,
- duel,
- dueled.
How to use "War" in context?
World war I was a horrific event that left millions dead, wounded, or homeless. It is also remembered as the first time that nations went to war with each other on a large scale. World War II was even worse, with over 60 million people killed. Since then, there have been other wars, but they have not been as destructive as the first two.
Paraphrases for War:
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
wartime, war-making.
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Proper noun, singular
wartime.
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Noun, plural
warriors.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Interjection
-fiddle-dee-dee.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
begins.
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Interjection
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Other Related
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Adjective
belligerent, conflict, war-torn, pre-war, war-related, war-affected, war-risk.
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Noun, singular or mass
battle, belligerent, conflagration, conflict, strife, warlord, warmongering, warrior.
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Verb, past tense
Fought.
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Verb, past participle
Fought.
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Adjective
Homophones for War:
- weir, wary, wooer, warrior, ware, wear, worry, woehr, whirr, whir, worrier, whore, WOR, wirehair, WARR, wry, Wore, wirer, wearer, wear away, wiry, wherry, weary, wire.
Hypernym for War:
n.
v.
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competition
go to war, blitzkrieg, take arms, take up arms.
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competition
Hyponym for War:
n.
v.
Meronym for War:
n.
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act
armed combat, battle, conflict, fight, aggression, combat, engagement.
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act
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- Synonyms:
- Fishes.
