warfare

The word “warfare” has 2 syllables: war-fare

It's pronounced as /ˈwɔːrfer/


What is synonym and antonym for warfare?

In the thesaurus, “warfare” has 96 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for warfare

  • altercation
  • animosity
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • argument
  • armed struggle
  • arms
  • ball game
  • battle
  • bicker
  • blows
  • brawl
  • campaigning
  • clash
  • cold war
  • collision
  • combat
  • competition
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • counterinsurgency
  • debate
  • disaccord
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • discordance
  • discordancy
  • disharmony
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissention
  • dissidence
  • dissonance
  • disunion
  • disunity
  • divide
  • division
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • emulation
  • enmity
  • face-off
  • falling-out
  • fight
  • fighting
  • fissure
  • friction
  • grapple
  • hassle
  • horse race
  • hostilities
  • hostility
  • ill will
  • incompatibility
  • incongruence
  • incongruity
  • incongruousness
  • inconsistence
  • inconsistency
  • inconsonance
  • infighting
  • inharmoniousness
  • inharmony
  • jar
  • match
  • miff
  • military operation
  • mix-up
  • nail-biter
  • passage of arms
  • quarrel
  • rancor
  • rivalry
  • row
  • run-in
  • schism
  • scrap
  • showdown
  • spat
  • squabble
  • strategy
  • strife
  • striving
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tiff
  • tug-of-war
  • variance
  • war
  • wrangle

Antonyms for warfare

  • accord
  • agreement
  • ceasefire
  • concord
  • concordance
  • concurrence
  • cooperation
  • harmony
  • peace
  • surrender
  • truce

Meanings of warfare

  • noun
    1. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
    2. Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.
  • verb
    1. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

Example Sentences

  • The soldiers were trained in both traditional and modern warfare tactics.
  • The country has invested heavily in advanced warfare technology to protect its borders.
  • Cyber warfare has become a major concern for national security in the digital age.
  • The documentary explored the impact of warfare on civilian populations.
  • The generals discussed strategies for warfare during the military summit.

On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to warfare, such as: accord, agreement, altercation, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, argument.

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

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

pairing off

  • antagonism
  • athletic event
  • bout
  • candidacy
  • championship
  • clash
  • concours
  • contention
  • controversy
  • counteraction
  • coupling
  • do-or-die
  • dog-eat-dog
  • emulation
  • encounter
  • engagement
  • event
  • fight
  • game
  • go for it
  • go for the gold
  • horse race
  • jungle
  • marrying
  • match
  • matchup
  • mating
  • meeting
  • one-on-one
  • one-upping
  • opposition
  • puzzle
  • quiz
  • race
  • racing
  • rat race
  • remarrying
  • rivalry
  • run
  • sport
  • strife
  • striving
  • struggle
  • tilt
  • tournament
  • trial
  • tug-of-war
  • warfare
  • wedding

variance

  • about-face
  • altercation
  • animosity
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • argument
  • bicker
  • brawl
  • change
  • clash
  • cold war
  • collision
  • competition
  • conflict
  • contention
  • debate
  • deviation
  • difference of opinion
  • different strokes
  • disaccord
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • discordance
  • discordancy
  • discrepancy
  • disharmony
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissention
  • dissidence
  • dissonance
  • disunion
  • disunity
  • divergence
  • diversity
  • divide
  • division
  • enmity
  • falling-out
  • fight
  • fissure
  • flip-flop
  • fluctuation
  • friction
  • hassle
  • hostility
  • ill will
  • incompatibility
  • incongruence
  • incongruity
  • incongruousness
  • inconsistence
  • inconsistency
  • inconsonance
  • infighting
  • inharmoniousness
  • inharmony
  • jar
  • mid-course correction
  • miff
  • mix-up
  • mutation
  • quarrel
  • rancor
  • row
  • run-in
  • schism
  • scrap
  • separation
  • severing
  • spat
  • squabble
  • strife
  • sundering
  • switch
  • tiff
  • transmogrification
  • unharmoniousness
  • variation
  • variety
  • war
  • warfare
  • wrangle

ball game

  • argument
  • battle
  • big picture
  • clash
  • collision
  • combat
  • competition
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • deal
  • debate
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissention
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • face-off
  • footing
  • friction
  • full particulars
  • grapple
  • horse race
  • ins and outs
  • lay of the land
  • match
  • nail-biter
  • picture
  • place
  • posture
  • quarrel
  • rank
  • rivalry
  • row
  • scene
  • score
  • showdown
  • situation
  • spot
  • standing
  • state
  • status
  • status quo
  • story
  • strife
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • the score
  • tug-of-war
  • war
  • warfare
  • whole picture
  • wrangle

taking out

  • abstracting
  • abstraction
  • accompanying
  • acting out
  • airing
  • annihilating
  • annihilation
  • assassinating
  • assassination
  • blitz
  • blood
  • blood and guts
  • blood bath
  • bloodshed
  • blotting out
  • blowing away
  • budging
  • bump-off
  • bumping off
  • butchering
  • butchery
  • carnage
  • carrying off
  • claiming
  • clearing
  • courting
  • crime
  • croaking
  • cutting
  • cutting down
  • dating
  • death
  • demounting
  • derivation
  • destroying
  • destruction
  • dislocating
  • dislodging
  • dispatching
  • displacing
  • disturbing
  • doing away with
  • doing in
  • drawing
  • drawing off
  • drawing out
  • elicitation
  • eliminating
  • eradicating
  • eradication
  • escorting
  • evocation
  • evulsion
  • executing
  • expressing
  • expression
  • exterminating
  • extermination
  • extirpation
  • extracting
  • extrication
  • felling
  • felony
  • foul play
  • getting
  • gore
  • havoc
  • hecatomb
  • hit
  • holocaust
  • homicide
  • icing
  • killing
  • knifing
  • knocking off
  • liquidating
  • liquidation
  • loosing
  • lynching
  • manslaughter
  • mass murder
  • massacre
  • massacring
  • moving
  • murder
  • murdering
  • neutralizing
  • off
  • offing
  • one-way ticket
  • pulling
  • putting away
  • rapine
  • releasing
  • removing
  • rubbing out
  • rubout
  • search and destroy
  • seeing
  • separation
  • shambles
  • shifting
  • shooting
  • shooting down
  • slaughter
  • slaughtering
  • slaying
  • smiting
  • snuffing
  • stating
  • terminating
  • terrorism
  • the business
  • the works
  • transferring
  • transposing
  • unleashing
  • uprooting
  • ventilating
  • venting
  • voicing
  • warfare
  • wasting
  • whacking
  • wiping out
  • withdrawal
  • withdrawing
  • wooing
  • wrenching
  • wresting
  • zapping

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