Definition for Wars:

• Hostile conflict between organized groups of people.

Synonyms for Wars:

• n.

  •battle (noun)
  • brush,
  • carnage,
  • press,
  • campaign,
  • engagement,
  • bombing,
  • encounter,
  • scrimmage,
  • action,
  • skirmish,
  • assault,
  • ravage,
  • war,
  • significant contact,
  • blitzkreig,
  • onslaught,
  • havoc,
  • sortie,
  • crusade,
  • barrage,
  • fray,
  • onset.
  •conflict (noun)
  • competition,
  • rivalry,
  • emulation,
  • striving,
  • fracas,
  • set-to,
  • tug-of-war,
  • collision.
  •contention (noun)
  • difference,
  • scrap,
  • scene,
  • disaccord,
  • discord,
  • bone to pick,
  • dissidence,
  • disunity,
  • feuding,
  • dissension,
  • argument,
  • altercation,
  • static,
  • squabble,
  • bone of contention,
  • wrangling,
  • belligerency,
  • variance,
  • hassle,
  • dissent,
  • beef,
  • flak,
  • controversy.

• v.

  •battle (verb)
  • argue,
  • agitate,
  • feud,
  • dispute,
  • wrestle,
  • clamor.
  •clash (verb)
  • buck,
  • grate,
  • brawl,
  • mix it up,
  • row,
  • fret,
  • wrangle,
  • bang heads,
  • grapple,
  • gall,
  • quarrel,
  • cross swords,
  • raise Cain,
  • try.
  •combat (verb)
  • defy,
  • repel,
  • cope,
  • shoot it out,
  • traverse,
  • duel,
  • cross swords with,
  • put up a fight,
  • oppose,
  • engage,
  • resist,
  • go up against,
  • do battle with,
  • withstand.
  •defend (verb)
  • fend off,
  • cover,
  • look after,
  • foster,
  • watch,
  • safeguard,
  • maintain,
  • keep safe,
  • bulwark,
  • insure,
  • nourish,
  • repel danger,
  • panoply,
  • mine,
  • shelter,
  • retain,
  • conserve,
  • cherish,
  • espouse,
  • entrench,
  • house,
  • prevent,
  • preserve,
  • hold at bay,
  • take in,
  • fight for,
  • hedge,
  • fortify,
  • shield,
  • uphold,
  • beat off,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • garrison,
  • hold,
  • ward off,
  • sustain,
  • watch over,
  • care for,
  • secure,
  • guard,
  • avert,
  • screen,
  • guard against,
  • stave off,
  • save.
  •war (verb)
  • contend,
  • differ,
  • bombard,
  • kill,
  • endeavor,
  • campaign against,
  • tug,
  • challenge,
  • make war,
  • shoot,
  • murder,
  • wage war,
  • march against,
  • attack,
  • disagree,
  • shell,
  • take on,
  • clash,
  • strive,
  • oppugn,
  • meet,
  • engage in combat,
  • attempt,
  • go to war,
  • take the field against,
  • take up arms.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • affray,
  • battle,
  • battle royal,
  • bloodshed,
  • cold war,
  • combat,
  • conflict,
  • contention,
  • contest,
  • enmity,
  • fight,
  • fighting,
  • flap,
  • hostility,
  • jackpot,
  • police action,
  • run-in,
  • service,
  • strife,
  • strike,
  • struggle,
  • warfare,
  • Hostilities,
  • shoot-out,
  • mix-up,
  • brush-off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • absorb,
  • accept,
  • accommodate,
  • accomplish,
  • ack-ack,
  • acquire,
  • action at law,
  • action mechanism,
  • active,
  • activeness,
  • activist,
  • activity,
  • address,
  • adjoin,
  • adjudge,
  • adjudicate,
  • adjure,
  • admit,
  • adopt,
  • affect,
  • affiance,
  • affirm,
  • aggress,
  • aggression,
  • aggressive,
  • agree,
  • aliment,
  • altercate,
  • antagonism,
  • antiaircraft,
  • antiaircraft gun,
  • apply,
  • appointment,
  • appreciation,
  • approach,
  • argufy,
  • arguing,
  • argumentation,
  • arm,
  • armed combat,
  • armed service,
  • arrest,
  • ascertain,
  • aspect,
  • assail,
  • assay,
  • assemble,
  • assert,
  • asseverate,
  • assimilate,
  • assume,
  • assure,
  • atmospheric static,
  • atmospherics,
  • attain,
  • avail,
  • avoid,
  • back,
  • balk,
  • bang,
  • barrage fire,
  • bash,
  • batten,
  • batten down,
  • battery,
  • battler,
  • battue,
  • baulk,
  • bear,
  • bear on,
  • beat,
  • beat back,
  • beat out,
  • beef cattle,
  • beef up,
  • befool,
  • belligerence,
  • bellyache,
  • beseech,
  • beset,
  • betroth,
  • betrothal,
  • bicker,
  • bickering,
  • bid,
  • bile,
  • bind,
  • binding,
  • bit,
  • bitterness,
  • blanket,
  • blare,
  • blaring,
  • blast,
  • blind,
  • block out,
  • bloodbath,
  • bloodletting,
  • boeuf,
  • bolt down,
  • bomb,
  • bombardment,
  • bombardon,
  • book,
  • book binding,
  • booking,
  • bother,
  • bourgeon,
  • brabble,
  • breakwater,
  • breed,
  • bring in,
  • bring through,
  • brood,
  • brushing,
  • brushwood,
  • buckler,
  • budge,
  • build up,
  • bump,
  • bump off,
  • burgeon forth,
  • business firm,
  • butchery,
  • cacophony,
  • call into question,
  • carapace,
  • cargo area,
  • cargo deck,
  • cargo hold,
  • carry,
  • carry on,
  • carry out,
  • carry through,
  • case,
  • casing,
  • catch,
  • cause,
  • chafe,
  • challenger,
  • chance,
  • chance on,
  • chance upon,
  • charge,
  • charge up,
  • charter,
  • check,
  • cheekiness,
  • chevvy,
  • chevy,
  • chip,
  • chivvy,
  • chivy,
  • choke,
  • circumvent,
  • clam,
  • clamber,
  • clamoring,
  • clamour,
  • clamouring,
  • clamshell,
  • clang,
  • clangor,
  • clangoring,
  • clangour,
  • clank,
  • clasp,
  • clear,
  • clench,
  • closet,
  • clutch,
  • clutches,
  • coin,
  • collect,
  • collide,
  • collide with,
  • combat-ready,
  • combatant,
  • come across,
  • come to,
  • come upon,
  • coming upon,
  • commove,
  • compact,
  • compensate,
  • compete,
  • competitive,
  • competitiveness,
  • competitor,
  • comprehend,
  • compress,
  • concealment,
  • concord,
  • concur,
  • confine,
  • confirm,
  • conform to,
  • confrontation,
  • confusion,
  • conjoin,
  • conjure,
  • conniption,
  • conserves,
  • constrain,
  • constrict,
  • consume,
  • contact,
  • contain,
  • contender,
  • contestation,
  • continue,
  • contract,
  • contradict,
  • contravene,
  • contravention,
  • control,
  • controvert,
  • converge,
  • coppice,
  • copse,
  • corroborate,
  • counterbalance,
  • course,
  • cover charge,
  • covering,
  • covering fire,
  • covert,
  • crab,
  • crash,
  • cross,
  • crossbeam,
  • crosspiece,
  • crush,
  • crust,
  • curb,
  • custody,
  • cut across,
  • cut through,
  • cuticle,
  • dare,
  • dart,
  • dash,
  • date,
  • deal,
  • debar,
  • debate,
  • declare,
  • deem,
  • defeat,
  • defend,
  • deflect,
  • delay,
  • deliver,
  • deny,
  • departure,
  • dependable,
  • depredation,
  • desolate,
  • detention,
  • determine,
  • devastate,
  • deviation,
  • difference of opinion,
  • dig in,
  • din,
  • disagreement,
  • discordance,
  • discover,
  • discrepancy,
  • disgust,
  • dishonor,
  • dishonour,
  • dispatch,
  • disputation,
  • dissipate,
  • dissonance,
  • disturb,
  • disturbance,
  • dither,
  • divergence,
  • divine service,
  • division,
  • dodge,
  • dogfight,
  • dollar,
  • dollar bill,
  • domiciliate,
  • down,
  • draw,
  • drink down,
  • drive,
  • drive back,
  • duck,
  • dupe,
  • dustup,
  • earn,
  • eat away,
  • eat into,
  • economise,
  • economize,
  • effort,
  • eggshell,
  • electrostatic,
  • elude,
  • embrace,
  • employ,
  • employment,
  • encompass,
  • encroach,
  • endeavour,
  • engross,
  • enlist,
  • enshroud,
  • ensure,
  • enterprise,
  • entertain,
  • entreat,
  • erode,
  • essay,
  • evade,
  • examine,
  • excise,
  • excite,
  • execute,
  • execution,
  • exert,
  • exhort,
  • expunge,
  • extend,
  • fall,
  • fall upon,
  • fasten,
  • fence,
  • fend,
  • fight back,
  • fight down,
  • fight off,
  • fighter,
  • fill,
  • film,
  • find,
  • find out,
  • fire,
  • firm,
  • fit,
  • fitting,
  • fix,
  • flack,
  • flack catcher,
  • flak catcher,
  • flake,
  • flapping,
  • flaps,
  • flash,
  • fleck,
  • flutter,
  • fluttering,
  • follow,
  • foment,
  • fool,
  • fool away,
  • forbid,
  • force back,
  • foreclose,
  • foregather,
  • forestall,
  • forgather,
  • fort,
  • frazzle,
  • free-for-all,
  • freshness,
  • friction,
  • fritter,
  • fritter away,
  • frivol away,
  • fudge,
  • fulfil,
  • fulfill,
  • further,
  • fuss,
  • gag,
  • gain,
  • gainsay,
  • gather,
  • gather in,
  • germinate,
  • get,
  • get across,
  • get by,
  • get hitched with,
  • get married,
  • get over,
  • get together,
  • gird,
  • give,
  • go against,
  • go for,
  • good,
  • gore,
  • grapnel,
  • grappler,
  • grappling,
  • grappling hook,
  • grappling iron,
  • grasp,
  • grating,
  • grind,
  • grip,
  • gripe,
  • groin,
  • gross out,
  • grouse,
  • groyne,
  • guarantee,
  • guard duty,
  • gull,
  • haggle,
  • haggling,
  • halt,
  • hand-to-hand struggle,
  • handgrip,
  • handle,
  • happen,
  • happen upon,
  • harass,
  • harbor,
  • harbour,
  • harry,
  • hatch,
  • have,
  • have got,
  • head off,
  • header,
  • hear,
  • hedgerow,
  • hedging,
  • help,
  • hide,
  • hire,
  • hitch,
  • hold back,
  • hold dear,
  • hold in,
  • hold open,
  • hold out,
  • hold up,
  • holler,
  • home,
  • hook up with,
  • horse,
  • household,
  • hue and cry,
  • hunting expedition,
  • husband,
  • husk,
  • imbibe,
  • imperativeness,
  • impertinence,
  • impinge,
  • impinge on,
  • impregnable,
  • impress,
  • impudence,
  • inactive,
  • incubate,
  • indicate,
  • infringe,
  • ingest,
  • inject,
  • insistence,
  • insistency,
  • insolence,
  • inspection and repair,
  • interlocking,
  • intrench,
  • inviolable,
  • invite,
  • involution,
  • involvement,
  • irk,
  • iron,
  • iron out,
  • jam,
  • jar,
  • jerk,
  • jetty,
  • jib,
  • judge,
  • junk,
  • keep,
  • keep an eye on,
  • keep back,
  • keep on,
  • keep open,
  • keep up,
  • kick,
  • kitty,
  • labor,
  • labour,
  • lace,
  • lash out,
  • lather,
  • lay aside,
  • lay waste to,
  • learn,
  • lease,
  • legal action,
  • light touch,
  • light upon,
  • line,
  • line of reasoning,
  • literary argument,
  • litigate,
  • lock,
  • logical argument,
  • long horse,
  • look on,
  • look out,
  • lookout,
  • lookout man,
  • lug,
  • make,
  • make do,
  • make out,
  • make unnecessary,
  • manage,
  • mangle,
  • mansion,
  • marry,
  • masking,
  • mass murder,
  • massacre,
  • match,
  • mayhem,
  • mechanical press,
  • meeting,
  • melee,
  • menage,
  • mesh,
  • meshing,
  • military action,
  • military campaign,
  • military press,
  • military service,
  • mint,
  • moderate,
  • mole,
  • motionless,
  • move,
  • movement,
  • mutilate,
  • natural covering,
  • niggle,
  • nisus,
  • nurse,
  • nurture,
  • nutrify,
  • objection,
  • obligate,
  • oblige,
  • obliterate,
  • observe,
  • obtain,
  • obviate,
  • occupy,
  • off,
  • oncoming,
  • one dollar bill,
  • onrush,
  • operate,
  • outpouring,
  • outrage,
  • overcompensate,
  • overhaul,
  • overhear,
  • overlay,
  • pains,
  • panorama,
  • parameter,
  • parry,
  • participation,
  • pass over,
  • payoff,
  • pearl buck,
  • pelt,
  • pettifog,
  • photograph,
  • picket,
  • picture,
  • pip,
  • pit,
  • plague,
  • plan of attack,
  • planetary house,
  • plate,
  • play,
  • play off,
  • plight,
  • plow,
  • plug,
  • polish off,
  • political campaign,
  • pom-pom,
  • pop,
  • postponement,
  • postulate,
  • pother,
  • pour down,
  • precaution,
  • preclude,
  • preserves,
  • press out,
  • pressing,
  • pressure,
  • prevail,
  • printing press,
  • process,
  • procure,
  • projection screen,
  • prolong,
  • prosecute,
  • prospect,
  • protection,
  • protest,
  • prove,
  • provoke,
  • public press,
  • pullulate,
  • pursue,
  • push,
  • push back,
  • put one across,
  • put one over,
  • putting to death,
  • question,
  • quibble,
  • racing shell,
  • raise up,
  • rampart,
  • rancor,
  • rancour,
  • rankle,
  • rap,
  • ravish,
  • ravishment,
  • reach,
  • react,
  • realise,
  • realize,
  • reason,
  • rebuff,
  • receive,
  • redeem,
  • refuse,
  • reject,
  • relieve,
  • religious service,
  • remainder,
  • remove,
  • render,
  • rent,
  • report,
  • repugn,
  • repulse,
  • resentment,
  • reserve,
  • restrain,
  • revolt,
  • reward,
  • riddle,
  • rival,
  • roll,
  • rough-and-tumble,
  • round,
  • rouse,
  • rowing,
  • rub,
  • rubbish,
  • ruffle,
  • run,
  • run across,
  • run afoul,
  • run into,
  • safari,
  • safe,
  • safe-conduct,
  • safety,
  • safety device,
  • sally,
  • salvage,
  • salve,
  • sample,
  • satisfy,
  • save up,
  • sawbuck,
  • sawhorse,
  • scale,
  • scenery,
  • scoot,
  • scourge,
  • scout,
  • scramble,
  • scrape,
  • scrapper,
  • scratch,
  • screen out,
  • screening,
  • scud,
  • scuffle,
  • seawall,
  • see,
  • see to it,
  • seek,
  • sentinel,
  • sentry,
  • sentry duty,
  • sentry go,
  • serve,
  • service of process,
  • servicing,
  • serving,
  • set about,
  • set on,
  • setting,
  • shake,
  • shelling,
  • shift,
  • shin,
  • shine,
  • shinny,
  • shot,
  • showdown,
  • shroud,
  • sidestep,
  • sieve,
  • sign,
  • sign of the zodiac,
  • silver screen,
  • skin,
  • skirt,
  • slang,
  • slaughter,
  • slay,
  • slaying,
  • smash,
  • smasher,
  • snap,
  • snipe,
  • snub,
  • soak up,
  • sop up,
  • sort,
  • span,
  • spare,
  • spat,
  • spike,
  • sports meeting,
  • spotter,
  • spread over,
  • sprout,
  • spud,
  • sputter,
  • squawk,
  • squeeze,
  • squirm,
  • stable,
  • stamp out,
  • stand,
  • stand firm,
  • star sign,
  • state of war,
  • statement,
  • stew,
  • still,
  • stir,
  • stir up,
  • stop up,
  • storage area,
  • strain,
  • strengthen,
  • stress,
  • strickle,
  • strong,
  • substantiate,
  • suck in,
  • suck up,
  • sue,
  • suffer,
  • support,
  • surrogate,
  • sweat,
  • sweep,
  • sweep up,
  • swither,
  • table service,
  • tackle,
  • take,
  • take arms,
  • take exception,
  • take for,
  • take hold,
  • take issue,
  • take over,
  • take the field,
  • tantrum,
  • tap,
  • taste,
  • tax shelter,
  • tear,
  • ten-strike,
  • test,
  • theater,
  • theatre,
  • thicket,
  • throw,
  • ticker,
  • tiff,
  • tilt,
  • time lag,
  • tizzy,
  • tone-beginning,
  • top,
  • toss off,
  • tote,
  • touch,
  • towboat,
  • tower,
  • track,
  • transom,
  • trash,
  • trave,
  • traversal,
  • treasure,
  • treat,
  • trench,
  • troth,
  • trouble,
  • trounce,
  • try out,
  • tugboat,
  • turn away,
  • tussle,
  • twist,
  • unafraid,
  • unassailable,
  • unattackable,
  • unchanging,
  • undertake,
  • underwrite,
  • undulate,
  • untroubled,
  • urge,
  • urge on,
  • vanquish,
  • variability,
  • variableness,
  • variant,
  • variation,
  • vaulting horse,
  • vex,
  • vie,
  • view,
  • view as,
  • vigil,
  • violate,
  • violation,
  • vista,
  • vote down,
  • vote out,
  • wage,
  • wait,
  • walk out,
  • wall,
  • war-ridden,
  • ward,
  • wardrobe,
  • warlike,
  • warp,
  • waste,
  • watch out,
  • wave,
  • wed,
  • weigh,
  • weightlift,
  • wield,
  • wipe out,
  • words,
  • work stoppage,
  • worm,
  • wrap up,
  • wrestling,
  • wriggle,
  • write,
  • writhe,
  • cover version,
  • cover song,
  • key pattern,
  • coping,
  • ill will,
  • worn spot,
  • screenland,
  • natural process,
  • natural action,
  • saddle sore,
  • put on,
  • try on,
  • put up,
  • take up,
  • turn on,
  • put off,
  • weight-lift,
  • belt down,
  • pull in,
  • shake up,
  • hedge in,
  • shoot down,
  • cover up,
  • pull through,
  • hawkish,
  • filmdom,
  • pot,
  • suck,
  • killing,
  • molest,
  • rape,
  • bitch,
  • face-off.

Paraphrases for Wars:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, plural
    guerres.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    struggles.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    warfare, wartime.
  • Noun, plural
    confrontations.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    disputes, conflits, POWS.
  • Proper noun, singular
    guerre.
  • Noun, plural
    warplanes, campaigns, disagreements, reconstruction, Crises, Controversies, Emergencies, disputes, Rivalries, arguments, afghanistan, clashes, debates, theaters, discussions, conflits, theatres, recordings, tensions, weapons, promotion, Seizures, encounters, instances, divisions, Records, labels, POWS, morons, hours, fires, weaknesses, winners, games, Drives, matches, cases, note, DISCS, disks, Ones, LIDS, wins, ties.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, plural
    conflicts.
  • Proper noun, singular
    battle.
  • Noun, plural
    warlords, warships, conflict, conflicts, battles, conflagrations, battlefields, quarrels, Veterans, Soldiers, Hostilities, fights.

Antonyms for Wars:

• n.

  • battle
    truce.
  • combat
    compromise, retreat, surrender, accord.
  • conflict
    calm, concord, stability, agreement.
  • contention
    affection, sympathy, kindness, friendliness, friendship, good will, consideration.
  • war
    ceasefire, peace.

• v.

  • combat
    run.
  • defend
    abandon, resign, relinquish, desert, leave, quit, attack.
  • war
    make peace, agree.

Wars Sentence Examples:

• Boys are obliged to learn the history of their own and of other nations; and history, as it is taught, is full of wars and conquests.

• Engaged in frequent wars with the Chinese, they were defeated at last in the middle of the first century after Christ.

Homophones for Wars:

• wear, weary, wearer, weir, worry, wear away, wirer, wherry, wirehair, wiry, whir, wire, whirr, wary, wooer, warrior, whore, wry, worrier, ware.