Combat Synonyms and Antonyms

kəm-băt, kŏmbăt
Battle
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fight
  2. struggle
  3. battle
  4. warfare
  5. contention
  6. armed-combat
  7. conflict
  8. contest bout
  9. joust
  10. armed fighting
  11. rencontre
  12. fighting
  13. sciamachy
  14. scrap
Antonyms:
  1. retreat
  2. surrender
  3. accord
  4. peace
  5. truce
  6. compromise
A hostile encounter between opposing military forces
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. action
  2. battle
  3. engagement
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To act or work in order to eliminate, curtail, or stop:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. oppose
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Words Related to Combat

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Combat Sentence Examples

  • They both reached for their combat suits and weapons.

  • He is said to have established the rule that any candidate for the office should meet and slay in single combat its holder at the time, who always went about armed with a drawn sword in anticipation of the struggle.

  • Accordingly, to gratify the pope and the emperor Lothair II., the Pisans entered the Neapolitan territory to combat the Normans.

  • It was mainly designed to combat a wild outbreak of Russophobia which, under the inspiration of David Urquhart, was at that time taking possession of the public mind.

  • Tina likes to combat her boredom by reading a book.

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