war

The word “war” has 1 syllable: war

It's pronounced as /wɔːr/


What is synonym and antonym for war?

In the thesaurus, “war” has 149 synonyms and 42 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for war

  • action
  • altercation
  • animosity
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • argument
  • attack
  • attempt
  • avert
  • ball game
  • battle
  • bicker
  • bloodshed
  • bombard
  • brawl
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • campaign against
  • challenge
  • civil war
  • clash
  • cold war
  • collision
  • combat
  • competition
  • conflagration
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • conserve
  • contend
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • cover
  • debate
  • defend
  • differ
  • disaccord
  • disagree
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • discordance
  • discordancy
  • disharmony
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissention
  • dissidence
  • dissonance
  • disunion
  • disunity
  • divide
  • division
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • endeavor
  • engage in combat
  • engagement
  • enmity
  • face-off
  • falling-out
  • fence
  • fend
  • fight
  • fighting
  • fissure
  • forfend
  • friction
  • go to war
  • grapple
  • guard
  • hassle
  • holy war
  • horse race
  • hostilities
  • hostility
  • hot war
  • ill will
  • incompatibility
  • incongruence
  • incongruity
  • incongruousness
  • inconsistence
  • inconsistency
  • inconsonance
  • infighting
  • inharmoniousness
  • inharmony
  • jar
  • keep
  • kill
  • limited war
  • make war
  • march against
  • match
  • meet
  • miff
  • mix-up
  • murder
  • nail-biter
  • oppose
  • oppugn
  • palisade
  • picket
  • police action
  • preserve
  • prevent
  • protect
  • quarrel
  • rancor
  • resist
  • rivalry
  • row
  • run-in
  • safeguard
  • save
  • schism
  • scrap
  • screen
  • secure
  • shell
  • shield
  • shoot
  • showdown
  • skirmish
  • spat
  • squabble
  • strife
  • strike
  • strive
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • take on
  • take the field against
  • take up arms
  • tiff
  • tug
  • tug-of-war
  • variance
  • wage war
  • wall
  • ward
  • warfare
  • withstand
  • world war
  • wrangle

Antonyms for war

  • accord
  • agree
  • agreement
  • aid
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • be lazy
  • beset
  • besiege
  • bombard
  • calm
  • capitulate
  • cave
  • cease-fire
  • concord
  • concordance
  • concurrence
  • cooperation
  • demilitarization
  • demobilization
  • disarmament
  • friendship
  • give up
  • good will
  • harmony
  • kindness
  • laze
  • make peace
  • overrun
  • pacification
  • peace
  • peacefulness
  • protect
  • retreat
  • storm
  • submit
  • surrender
  • tranquility
  • tranquillity
  • truce
  • yield

Meanings of war

  • noun
    1. Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.
    2. A particular conflict of this kind.
    3. (by extension) Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.
    4. Instruments of war.
    5. Armed forces.
    6. A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.
  • verb
    1. To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
    2. To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

Example Sentences

  • War broke out between the neighboring countries over territorial disputes.
  • The soldiers fought bravely on the front lines during the war.
  • Diplomatic efforts are underway to prevent further escalation of the war.
  • The aftermath of the war left a lasting impact on the region's economy.
  • Historians study the causes and consequences of each war to understand its significance.

On this page you'll find 191 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to war, such as: accord, action, agree, agreement, aid, altercation, animosity.

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Related Words

face off

  • argue
  • argument
  • ball game
  • battle
  • brave
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collision
  • combat
  • compete
  • competition
  • conflict
  • confront
  • confrontation
  • contend
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • dare
  • debate
  • defy
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissention
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • encounter
  • engage
  • fight
  • friction
  • go one-on-one
  • go out
  • go up against
  • grapple
  • horse race
  • jockey
  • jostle
  • maneuver
  • match
  • nail-biter
  • play
  • quarrel
  • race
  • rival
  • rivalry
  • row
  • run-in
  • showdown
  • skirmish
  • strife
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • take on
  • train
  • try out
  • tug-of-war
  • vie
  • war
  • warfare
  • work
  • wrangle

keep

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • administrate
  • amass
  • answer
  • arrest
  • attend
  • avert
  • battle
  • bear
  • bless
  • block
  • board
  • boast
  • bridle
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • cache
  • care
  • care and feeding
  • care for
  • carry
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • celebrate
  • cellar
  • check
  • cherish
  • codirect
  • comanage
  • command
  • commemorate
  • commit
  • compass
  • complete
  • comply with
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • consecrate
  • conservancy
  • conservation
  • conserve
  • conserving
  • constrain
  • consummate
  • contain
  • contend
  • continue
  • control
  • cover
  • curb
  • custody
  • deal in
  • defend
  • defense
  • delay
  • deposit
  • detain
  • deter
  • direct
  • discharge
  • effect
  • endure
  • enjoy
  • execute
  • feed
  • fence
  • fend
  • fete
  • fight
  • file
  • fill
  • finalize
  • finance
  • finish
  • forfend
  • foster
  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • fund
  • gag
  • garage
  • garner
  • govern
  • grasp
  • grip
  • guard
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • guide
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handcuff
  • handle
  • hang on to
  • hangar
  • harbor
  • have
  • heap
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold on to
  • honor
  • house
  • hug
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interrupt
  • laud
  • lead
  • limit
  • look after
  • maintain
  • maintenance
  • make
  • make good
  • make good on
  • manage
  • measure
  • meet
  • memorialize
  • micromanage
  • mince
  • mind
  • minister to
  • muffle
  • muzzle
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • obstruct
  • operate
  • oppose
  • ordain
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • own
  • pack
  • palisade
  • patronize
  • perfect
  • perform
  • picket
  • pile
  • pilot
  • place
  • pocket
  • possess
  • praise
  • preservation
  • preserve
  • preserving
  • prevent
  • protect
  • protection
  • provision
  • pull in
  • put
  • put up
  • redeem
  • regard
  • regulate
  • remember
  • reposit
  • repress
  • reserve
  • resist
  • respect
  • restrain
  • retain
  • retard
  • ritualize
  • rule
  • run
  • safeguard
  • safeguarding
  • safekeeping
  • sanctify
  • satisfy
  • save
  • screen
  • season
  • secure
  • set up
  • shackle
  • shelter
  • shelve
  • shield
  • silence
  • sink
  • smother
  • solemnize
  • sponsor
  • squelch
  • stack
  • stage-manage
  • stake
  • stall
  • stand up for
  • steer
  • steward
  • stifle
  • stock
  • stop
  • store
  • stow
  • strangle
  • subsidize
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • suppress
  • sustain
  • sustaining
  • sustentation
  • swallow
  • take care of
  • tame
  • tend
  • trade in
  • treasure
  • underwrite
  • upkeep
  • victual
  • wall
  • war
  • ward
  • warehouse
  • watch
  • watch over
  • withhold
  • withstand

quarrel

  • affray
  • altercate
  • altercation
  • argle-bargle
  • argue
  • argufy
  • argument
  • argy-bargy
  • attack
  • bandy words
  • battle
  • battle royal
  • be at loggerheads
  • beef
  • bicker
  • bickering
  • brabble
  • brannigan
  • brawl
  • breach
  • break with
  • broil
  • bump
  • butt heads
  • carp
  • caterwaul
  • catfight
  • cavil
  • challenge
  • charge
  • clash
  • collide
  • combat
  • commotion
  • complain
  • complaint
  • consider
  • contend
  • contention
  • contest
  • contretemps
  • controversy
  • controvert
  • cross fire
  • cross swords
  • dare
  • debate
  • defy
  • differ
  • difference
  • difference of opinion
  • difficulty
  • disagreement
  • disapproval
  • disapprove
  • discord
  • discuss
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissention
  • dissidence
  • disturbance
  • divide
  • donnybrook
  • dust
  • embroil
  • fall out
  • falling-out
  • feud
  • fight
  • find fault
  • fisticuffs
  • fracas
  • fray
  • free-for-all
  • fuss
  • get tough with
  • hassle
  • have it out
  • have words
  • imbroglio
  • jar
  • kick
  • kickup
  • lock horns
  • logomachy
  • melee
  • misunderstanding
  • mix it up
  • nitpick
  • object
  • object to
  • objection
  • protest
  • protestation
  • quibble
  • rhubarb
  • row
  • ruckus
  • run-in
  • scrap
  • set to
  • set-to
  • skirmish
  • spar
  • spat
  • squabble
  • strife
  • strive
  • struggle
  • take exception
  • take on
  • tangle
  • tiff
  • tumult
  • tussle
  • vary
  • vendetta
  • war
  • wrangle

quarreled

  • altercate
  • altercated
  • argue
  • argued
  • argufied
  • bandied words
  • battle
  • be at loggerheads
  • bicker
  • bickered
  • brabbled
  • brawl
  • brawled
  • break with
  • bump
  • butted heads
  • carp
  • caterwaul
  • cavil
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • challenged
  • charge
  • clash
  • clashed
  • collide
  • complain
  • considered
  • contend
  • contended
  • contest
  • contested
  • controverted
  • cross swords
  • dared
  • debated
  • defied
  • differ
  • disapprove
  • discussed
  • dispute
  • disputed
  • dissent
  • divide
  • embroil
  • fall out
  • fell out
  • feud
  • fight
  • find fault
  • fought
  • fussed
  • get tough with
  • hassle
  • hassled
  • have it out
  • have words
  • jarred
  • kicked
  • lock horns
  • locked horns
  • mix it up
  • mixed it up
  • nitpicked
  • object to
  • objected
  • protested
  • quibbled
  • row
  • rowed
  • scrap
  • scrapped
  • set to
  • spar
  • spat
  • spatted
  • squabble
  • squabbled
  • strive
  • struggle
  • take exception
  • take on
  • tangle
  • tangled
  • tiffed
  • vary
  • war
  • wrangle
  • wrangled

quarrelled

  • altercate
  • altercated
  • argue
  • argued
  • argufied
  • bandied words
  • battle
  • be at loggerheads
  • bicker
  • bickered
  • brabbled
  • brawl
  • brawled
  • break with
  • bump
  • butted heads
  • carp
  • caterwaul
  • cavil
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • challenged
  • charge
  • clash
  • clashed
  • collide
  • complain
  • considered
  • contend
  • contended
  • contest
  • contested
  • controverted
  • cross swords
  • dared
  • debated
  • defied
  • differ
  • disapprove
  • discussed
  • dispute
  • disputed
  • dissent
  • divide
  • embroil
  • fall out
  • fell out
  • feud
  • fight
  • find fault
  • fought
  • fussed
  • get tough with
  • hassle
  • hassled
  • have it out
  • have words
  • jarred
  • kicked
  • lock horns
  • locked horns
  • mix it up
  • mixed it up
  • nitpicked
  • object to
  • objected
  • protested
  • quibbled
  • row
  • rowed
  • scrap
  • scrapped
  • set to
  • spar
  • spat
  • spatted
  • squabble
  • squabbled
  • strive
  • struggle
  • take exception
  • take on
  • tangle
  • tangled
  • tiffed
  • vary
  • war
  • wrangle
  • wrangled

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