What is another word for war?
821 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ wˈɔː], [ wˈɔː], [ w_ˈɔː]Table of Contents
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.
Paraphrases for War:
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
war-making, wartime.
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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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Noun, singular or mass
ministers, Jews, warplane, confrontation, bellicose, warhead.
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Interjection
-fiddle-dee-dee.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
begins.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Adjective
war-related, war-risk, war-affected, conflict, war-torn, pre-war, belligerent.
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Noun, singular or mass
warrior, strife, warlord, battle, conflagration, conflict, warmongering, belligerent.
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Verb, past tense
Fought.
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Verb, past participle
Fought.
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Adjective
Antonyms for War:
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n.
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armed conflict
friendship, peace, harmony, kindness, accord, surrender, ceasefire, good will, truce.
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Other antonyms:
concordance, concord, demobilization, tranquillity, calm, agreement, concurrence, peacefulness, pacification, cooperation, disarmament, demilitarization.
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armed conflict
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v.
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competition
make peace.
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competition
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