quarrels

The word “quarrels” has 2 syllables: quar-rels

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɒr.əlz/


What is synonym and antonym for quarrels?

In the thesaurus, “quarrels” has 81 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quarrels along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quarrels

  • affrays
  • altercates
  • altercations
  • argle-bargles
  • argues
  • argufies
  • arguments
  • argy-bargies
  • attacks
  • bandies words
  • battle royales
  • battle royals
  • battles royal
  • battles royale
  • bickers
  • brabbles
  • brawls
  • butts heads
  • catfights
  • cavils
  • challenges
  • clashes
  • considers
  • contends
  • contentions
  • contests
  • contretemps
  • controversies
  • controverts
  • cross fires
  • dares
  • debates
  • defies
  • differences
  • disagreements
  • discusses
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • donnybrooks
  • falling-outs
  • fallings-out
  • falls out
  • feuds
  • fights
  • fisticuffs
  • fracas
  • fracases
  • frays
  • free-for-alls
  • fusses
  • hassles
  • imbroglios
  • jars
  • kicks
  • kickups
  • locks horns
  • logomachies
  • melees
  • misunderstandings
  • mixes it up
  • nitpicks
  • objections
  • objects
  • protestations
  • protests
  • quibbles
  • rhubarbs
  • rows
  • run-ins
  • scraps
  • set-tos
  • skirmishes
  • spats
  • squabbles
  • tangles
  • tiffs
  • tussles
  • vendettas
  • wrangles

Antonyms for quarrels

  • accepts
  • agrees
  • assents
  • coexists
  • concurs
  • consents
  • gets along

Meanings of quarrels

  • noun
    1. A verbal dispute or heated argument.
    2. A ground of dispute or objection; a complaint.
    3. An earnest desire or longing.
    4. A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
    5. A square tile; quarry tile.
    6. A bolt or arrow for a crossbow, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
    7. A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps etc. make the form nearly square.
    8. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel with a diamond-shaped end.
  • verb
    1. To disagree.
    2. To contend, argue fiercely, squabble.
    3. To find fault; to cavil.
    4. To argue or squabble with.

Example Sentences

  • Quarrels over parking spaces were a common occurrence in the crowded neighborhood.
  • The siblings had frequent quarrels about sharing responsibilities at home.
  • The heated quarrels among the team members hindered project progress.
  • In close friendships, occasional quarrels are inevitable but don't define the relationship.
  • The historical records documented numerous quarrels between rival factions in the ancient city.

On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quarrels, such as: accepts, affrays, agrees, altercates, altercations, argle-bargles, argues.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ball games

  • arguments
  • battles
  • clashes
  • collisions
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • contentions
  • contests
  • controversies
  • deals
  • debates
  • disagreements
  • discords
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • face-offs
  • footings
  • frictions
  • grapples
  • horse races
  • matches
  • nail-biters
  • pictures
  • places
  • postures
  • quarrels
  • ranks
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • scenes
  • scores
  • showdowns
  • situations
  • spots
  • standings
  • states
  • status quos
  • statuses
  • stories
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tugs-of-war
  • warfares
  • wars
  • wrangles

ballistic

  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • aggravated
  • angered
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • antisocial
  • apoplectic
  • argumentative
  • bearish
  • belligerent
  • bent out of shape
  • bilious
  • bitter
  • blue in the face
  • boiling
  • bristling
  • bristly
  • burning
  • cantankerous
  • cheesed off
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • cold
  • contentious
  • contrary
  • cool
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • disagreeable
  • disapproving
  • disputatious
  • distant
  • dyspeptic
  • embittered
  • enflamed
  • enraged
  • exasperated
  • fit to be tied
  • foaming
  • fretful
  • frigid
  • fuming
  • furious
  • fussy
  • going crook
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • hopping
  • hopping mad
  • horn-mad
  • hot
  • hot under the collar
  • huffy
  • icy
  • ill-humored
  • ill-tempered
  • in a fume
  • in a huff
  • in a pet
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • inflammable
  • infuriate
  • infuriated
  • inimical
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irritable
  • livid
  • mad
  • malevolent
  • ornery
  • outraged
  • passionate
  • peevish
  • perturbed
  • petulant
  • piqued
  • pugnacious
  • put out
  • quarrelsome
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • rabid
  • rancorous
  • rankled
  • ranting
  • raving
  • resentful
  • riled
  • riley
  • roiled
  • seething
  • shirty
  • sizzling
  • smoldering
  • smouldering
  • snappish
  • sore
  • sorehead
  • soreheaded
  • spiteful
  • steamed up
  • steaming
  • stormy
  • sulky
  • teed off
  • testy
  • ticked
  • touchy
  • unfriendly
  • unpleasant
  • vengeful
  • vindictive
  • virulent
  • vitriolic
  • worked up
  • wrathful
  • wroth

bandies words

bang-bang

  • aggressive
  • agitated
  • antagonistic
  • assertive
  • barbarous
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • blood-and-guts
  • brutal
  • cataclysmal
  • cataclysmic
  • combative
  • combustible
  • contentious
  • convulsive
  • cyclonic
  • destructive
  • explosive
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • frantic
  • frenzied
  • furious
  • gladiatorial
  • hammer-and-tongs
  • hostile
  • hot
  • knock-down-and-drag-out
  • mad
  • paroxysmal
  • pugnacious
  • quarrelsome
  • rabid
  • rough
  • ruinous
  • savage
  • stormy
  • tempestuous
  • truculent
  • tumultuous
  • turbulent
  • vicious
  • violent
  • volatile
  • volcanic

bare-knuckle

  • argumentative
  • assaultive
  • barbaric
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • bestial
  • blood-and-guts
  • bloodthirsty
  • bloody
  • brawly
  • brute
  • chippy
  • combative
  • confrontational
  • contentious
  • discordant
  • disputatious
  • feisty
  • fell
  • ferocious
  • fierce
  • gladiatorial
  • grim
  • heartless
  • homicidal
  • implacable
  • in-your-face
  • inhuman
  • inhumane
  • menacing
  • merciless
  • militant
  • murdering
  • murderous
  • pitiless
  • pugnacious
  • quarrelsome
  • rapacious
  • ravenous
  • relentless
  • ruthless
  • sanguinary
  • sanguine
  • savage
  • scrappy
  • take-no-prisoners
  • threatening
  • truculent
  • uncivilized
  • unrelenting
  • vicious
  • voracious
  • wanton
  • warlike
  • wild

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