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

warders

  • bodyguards
  • convoys
  • custodians
  • defenders
  • escorts
  • gatekeepers
  • guardians
  • guards
  • hacks
  • honor guards
  • keepers
  • lookouts
  • minders
  • observers
  • patrols
  • pickets
  • sentinels
  • sentries
  • spotters
  • surveillants
  • wardens
  • watchdogs
  • watchers
  • watches
  • watchmen

faintheartedness

  • alarm
  • alarum
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • bashfulness
  • chicken
  • chickenheartedness
  • concern
  • constraint
  • cowardice
  • cowardliness
  • cravenness
  • discomposure
  • dismay
  • embarrassment
  • fear
  • fearfulness
  • gutlessness
  • hesitation
  • indecision
  • indecisiveness
  • inhibition
  • irresoluteness
  • irresolution
  • panic
  • pusillanimity
  • restraint
  • shyness
  • skittishness
  • spinelessness
  • timidity
  • timidness
  • timorousness
  • unmanliness
  • upset
  • wimpiness
  • worry

tall ship

  • Sunfish
  • aircraft carrier
  • argosy
  • barge
  • bark
  • barque
  • boat
  • brig
  • brigantine
  • caravel
  • catamaran
  • clipper
  • coaster
  • collier
  • containership
  • corvette
  • craft
  • cruiser
  • cutter
  • destroyer
  • dory
  • ferryboat
  • flagship
  • freighter
  • gaff-rigged sailboat
  • galleon
  • galley
  • icebreaker
  • ironclad
  • jack
  • junk
  • keel
  • ketch
  • lightship
  • liner
  • man-of-war
  • merchant ship
  • merchantman
  • motor ship
  • packet
  • pinnace
  • ragboat
  • sailboat
  • schooner
  • ship
  • skiff
  • sloop
  • square-rigger
  • steamer
  • steamship
  • superliner
  • supertanker
  • tanker
  • trader
  • tramp
  • transport
  • vessel
  • warship
  • watercraft
  • windjammer
  • wooden boat
  • xebec
  • yacht
  • yawl

handicapped

  • arrested
  • baffled
  • balked
  • barricaded
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • bound
  • braked
  • burdened
  • chained
  • checked
  • choked
  • clogged
  • confined
  • constrained
  • cramped
  • curbed
  • delayed
  • derailed
  • deterred
  • disabled
  • disrupted
  • embarrassed
  • encumbered
  • fettered
  • foiled
  • frustrated
  • gave a hard time
  • haltered
  • hampered
  • handcuffed
  • held back
  • held up
  • hindered
  • hobbled
  • hog-tied
  • impaired
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • leashed
  • limited
  • manacled
  • mentally disabled
  • mired
  • muzzled
  • obstructed
  • physically disabled
  • reined
  • repressed
  • restrained
  • restricted
  • retained
  • retarded
  • roadblocked
  • sabotaged
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • smothered
  • stifled
  • strangled
  • stumped
  • stymied
  • suffocated
  • suppressed
  • tethered
  • thwarted
  • tied
  • tied up
  • trammeled
  • trammelled

veteran

  • able
  • accomplished
  • ace
  • adept
  • adroit
  • all-around
  • all-round
  • battle-scarred
  • been around
  • capable
  • clever
  • competent
  • compleat
  • complete
  • consummate
  • crack
  • crackerjack
  • dab hand
  • deft
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • disciplined
  • doyen
  • doyenne
  • educated
  • effective
  • effectual
  • efficient
  • employable
  • exercised
  • experienced
  • expert
  • fit
  • fitted
  • from way back
  • gi
  • gifted
  • good
  • great
  • guru
  • habile
  • hand
  • handy
  • hardened
  • inured
  • knowledgeable
  • long-serving
  • long-term
  • long-time
  • master
  • masterful
  • masterly
  • maven
  • mavin
  • multiskilled
  • multitalented
  • not born yesterday
  • of the old school
  • old
  • old guard
  • old hand
  • old pro
  • old salt
  • old soldier
  • old-time
  • old-timer
  • past master
  • polished
  • practical
  • practiced
  • practised
  • pro
  • professed
  • professional
  • proficient
  • qualified
  • refined
  • schooled
  • shellback
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • slick
  • sophisticated
  • sourdough
  • stager
  • steady
  • sure-handed
  • talented
  • taught
  • trained
  • trouper
  • tutored
  • up to speed
  • versed
  • vet
  • virtuoso
  • war-horse
  • warhorse
  • weathered
  • well-rounded
  • wise
  • wise to ways
  • workmanlike
  • worldly

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