Duel Synonyms

do͝oəl, dyo͝o-
To strive in opposition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. battle
  2. combat
  3. contend
  4. fight
  5. struggle
  6. tilt
  7. war
  8. wrestle
A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. combat
  2. fight
  3. engagement
  4. contest
  5. affaire-d-honneur
  6. conflict
  7. affaire d'honneur
  8. dispute
  9. fence
  10. joust
  11. affair d'honneur (French)
  12. monomachia
  13. monomachy
  14. oppose
  15. rencontre
  16. rencounter
  17. spar

Words Related to Duel

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.

Related:

  1. tussle
  2. face-off
  3. fist-fight
  4. showdown
  5. single-combat
  6. dogfight
  7. pitched-battle
  8. dog-fight

Duel Sentence Examples

  • Come now, what was this duel about?

  • What does this duel prove?

  • She knew of the duel and had come to speak about it.

  • Hamilton's action in counselling Federalists not to vote for Burr for governor just as he had counselled them not to support Burr against Jefferson in 1800, was one of the contributary causes of Burr's hostility to Hamilton which ended in the duel (July 1804) in which Burr killed Hamilton.

  • His eldest son, an officer in the army, was killed in a duel; and his second son, Charles, intended for the church, left Trinity College and became companion and secretary to the duke of Buckingham, at whose house he died.

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