War synonyms

fighting

A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

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go-to-war

(Intransitive) To enter into an armed conflict with another nation

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battle

To engage in or as if in battle.

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contest

(Uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.

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bellicose

Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

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march against

To strive in opposition

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contend

To strive in competition; vie

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agree (antonym)

(Intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.

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agonistic

Of ancient Greek athletic contests

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martial

Of or suitable for war

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militant

The definition of militant is at war, fighting or ready to fight.

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oppugnant

Opposing, antagonistic, contrary

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carnage

Massive slaughter, as in war; a massacre.

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race

An interbreeding, usually geographically isolated population of organisms differing from other populations of the same species in the frequency of hereditary traits. A race that has been given formal taxonomic recognition is known as a subspecies.

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combat

Contention or strife:

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take the field against

To strive in opposition

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belligerence

A belligerent or aggressively hostile attitude, nature, or quality

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belligerency

Belligerence

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conflict

A fight or struggle, esp. a protracted one; war

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wage war against

To strive in opposition

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armigerous

Entitled to bear a coat of arms.

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disputatious

Of or relating to something that is in question as to its value or intent.

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hawkish

Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

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hostile

Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly

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internecine

Of or relating to struggle within a nation, organization, or group.

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spartan

Lacking in decoration and luxury.

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armageddon

(--- Bible) In the book of Revelation, the place of the gathering of armies for the final battle before the end of the world.

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casus-belli

An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.

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hostility

(Countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

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warfare

Military operations marked by a specific characteristic:

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blitzkrieg

To strive in opposition

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clash

(Intransitive, of events) to coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.

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feud

To carry on a feud; quarrel

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jihad

To strive in opposition

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militate

To give force or effect toward; to influence.

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mobilize

To bring into readiness for immediate active service in war

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strife

To strive in opposition

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struggle

To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

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wage war

To strive in opposition

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ceasefire (antonym)

armed conflict

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peace (antonym)

An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities:

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make-peace (antonym)

To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement.

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competition

(Countable) A contest for a prize or award.

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corrivalry

Joint rivalry

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rivalry

The definition of a rivalry is a competition or contest.

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tug of war

(Idiomatic) a dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back and forth dispute.

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confrontation

A focused comparison:

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contention

A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.

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difference

(Uncountable) The quality of being different.

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disaccord

Disharmony.

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discord

A harsh or confused noise, as the sound of battle; clash; din

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discordance

(Music) Lack of harmony; dissonance.

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dissension

A difference of opinion; disagreement or, esp., discord as expressed in intense quarreling or wrangling, as within a group [dissension among party members]: often in dissension in the ranks, dissatisfaction with those in authority

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dissent

The rendering of a minority opinion in the decision of a law case

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dissentience

A state of disagreement and disharmony

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dissidence

The state of being dissident; dissent

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dissonance

(Music) A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.

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faction

A literary work or film that is a mix of fact and fiction.

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friction

A force on objects or substances in contact with each other that resists motion of the objects or substances relative to each other. &diamf3; Static friction arises between two objects that are not in motion with respect to each other, as for example between a cement block and a wooden floor. It increases to counterbalance forces that would move the objects, up to a certain maximum level of force, at which point the objects will begin moving. It is measured as the maximum force the bodies will sustain before motion occurs. &diamf3; Kinetic friction arises between bodies that are in motion with respect to each other, as for example the force that works against sliding a cement block along a wooden floor. Between two hard surfaces, the kinetic friction is usually somewhat lower than the static friction, meaning that more force is required to set the objects in motion than to keep them in motion.

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inharmony

An instance of such discord.

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schism

(Religion) A formal division or split within a religious body.

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variance

Degree of change or difference; divergence; discrepancy