Warfare synonyms | Best 49 synonyms for warfare

conflict

The definition of a conflict is a fight or disagreement.

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fighting

A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

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struggle

A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty:

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war (related)

A condition of active antagonism or contention:

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clash

(Military) A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

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militancy

Militant quality, behavior, etc.

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strife

Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

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peace (antonym)

An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities:

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harmony (antonym)

A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.

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competition

A competitor:

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contest

Any race, game, debate, etc. in which individuals or teams compete with one another to determine the winner

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corrivalry

Joint rivalry

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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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rivalry

The definition of a rivalry is a competition or contest.

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striving

Effort.

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tug of war

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

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belligerency

Belligerence

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confrontation

A focused comparison:

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hostility

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

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contention

The definition of contention is a struggle, dispute or something that someone argues about.

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difference

(Uncountable) The quality of being different.

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difficulty

Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:

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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 group of people, especially within a political organization, who express a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.

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friction

The rubbing of one object or surface against another.

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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

(Accounting) The difference between the actual costs of production and the standard or expected costs

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armed conflict

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military operations

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hostilities

Plural form of hostility

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armed struggle

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combat

Contention or strife:

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counterinsurgency

Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.

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battle (related)

Any fight or struggle; conflict

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crusade

Any of the separate military expeditions undertaken as part of the Crusades

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guerrilla-warfare (related)

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psychological-warfare (related)

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military (related)

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economic-warfare (related)

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siege-warfare (related)

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nonlethal (related)

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