wars

The word “wars” has 1 syllable: wars

It's pronounced as /wɔːrz/


What is synonym and antonym for wars?

In the thesaurus, “wars” has 161 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for wars

  • actions
  • altercations
  • animosities
  • antagonisms
  • antipathies
  • arguments
  • attack
  • attempt
  • averts
  • ball games
  • battle
  • battles
  • bickers
  • bloodshed
  • bombard
  • brawls
  • buffers
  • bulwarks
  • campaign against
  • challenge
  • civil wars
  • clash
  • clashes
  • cold war
  • cold wars
  • collisions
  • combat
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflagrations
  • conflict
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • conserves
  • contend
  • contends
  • contention
  • contentions
  • contest
  • contests
  • controversies
  • covers
  • debates
  • defends
  • differ
  • disaccords
  • disagree
  • disagreements
  • discordances
  • discordancies
  • discords
  • disharmonies
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dissents
  • dissidences
  • dissonances
  • disunions
  • disunities
  • divides
  • divisions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • endeavor
  • engage in combat
  • engagements
  • enmities
  • enmity
  • face-offs
  • falling-outs
  • fallings-out
  • fences
  • fends
  • fighting
  • fights
  • fissures
  • forfends
  • frictions
  • go to war
  • grapples
  • guards
  • hassles
  • holy wars
  • horse races
  • hostilities
  • hostility
  • hot wars
  • ill wills
  • incompatibilities
  • incongruences
  • incongruities
  • inconsistences
  • inconsistencies
  • inconsonances
  • infightings
  • inharmonies
  • jars
  • keeps
  • kill
  • limited wars
  • make war
  • march against
  • matches
  • meet
  • miffs
  • mix-ups
  • murder
  • nail-biters
  • opposes
  • oppugn
  • palisades
  • pickets
  • police action
  • police actions
  • preserves
  • prevents
  • protects
  • quarrels
  • rancors
  • resists
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • run-ins
  • safeguards
  • saves
  • schisms
  • scraps
  • screens
  • secures
  • shell
  • shields
  • shoot
  • showdowns
  • skirmishes
  • spats
  • squabbles
  • strife
  • strifes
  • strike
  • strive
  • struggle
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • take on
  • take the field against
  • take up arms
  • tiffs
  • tug
  • tugs-of-war
  • variances
  • wage war
  • walls
  • wards
  • warfare
  • warfares
  • withstands
  • world wars
  • wrangles

Antonyms for wars

  • accord
  • accords
  • agree
  • agreements
  • aid
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • be lazy
  • besets
  • besieges
  • bombards
  • calms
  • capitulates
  • caves
  • cease-fires
  • ceasefire
  • concordances
  • concords
  • concurrences
  • cooperations
  • demilitarizations
  • demobilizations
  • disarmaments
  • friendship
  • give up
  • good will
  • harmonies
  • harmony
  • kindness
  • laze
  • make peace
  • overruns
  • pacifications
  • peace
  • peaces
  • protect
  • retreat
  • storms
  • submits
  • surrender
  • tranquilities
  • tranquillities
  • truce
  • truces
  • yields

Meanings of wars

  • 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

  • The wars of the past have shaped the political landscape of many countries.
  • After years of wars, the region finally found peace through diplomacy.
  • Many historians study the causes and effects of ancient wars.
  • The effects of wars can last for generations, influencing both economies and cultures.
  • Despite the ongoing wars, efforts for peace continued on the international stage.

On this page you'll find 207 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wars, such as: accord, accords, actions, agree, agreements, aid, altercations.

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Related Words

keels

  • aircraft carriers
  • argosies
  • barges
  • barks
  • barques
  • boats
  • brigantines
  • brigs
  • caravels
  • clippers
  • coasters
  • collapses
  • colliers
  • containerships
  • corvettes
  • crashes
  • cruisers
  • crumples
  • cutters
  • destroyers
  • drops
  • falls
  • ferryboats
  • flagships
  • flumps
  • free-falls
  • freighters
  • icebreakers
  • ironclads
  • junk
  • ketches
  • lightships
  • liners
  • men-of-war
  • merchant ships
  • merchantmen
  • motor ships
  • nose-dives
  • packets
  • plonks
  • plops
  • plummets
  • plunges
  • plunks
  • precipitates
  • sailboats
  • schooners
  • ships
  • skids
  • slides
  • slips
  • square-riggers
  • steamers
  • steamships
  • stumbles
  • superliners
  • supertankers
  • tall ships
  • tankers
  • topples
  • traders
  • tramps
  • transports
  • trips
  • tumbles
  • vessels
  • warships
  • watercrafts
  • windjammers
  • wipes out
  • xebecs
  • yachts

icebreakers

navy

  • argosy
  • armada
  • caravan
  • cavalcade
  • column
  • convoy
  • cortege
  • fleet
  • flotilla
  • line
  • marine defense
  • merchant marine
  • motorcade
  • naval force
  • parade
  • procession
  • sea force
  • sea power
  • train
  • vessels
  • warships

face-offs

  • arguments
  • ball games
  • battles
  • clashes
  • collisions
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • contentions
  • contests
  • controversies
  • debates
  • disagreements
  • discords
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • frictions
  • grapples
  • horse races
  • matches
  • nail-biters
  • quarrels
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • showdowns
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tugs-of-war
  • warfares
  • wars
  • wrangles

safeguards

  • aegises
  • ammunitions
  • armaments
  • armors
  • arms
  • averts
  • battles
  • bucklers
  • buffers
  • bulwarks
  • cautions
  • conserves
  • contends
  • covers
  • defends
  • defenses
  • egises
  • fail-safes
  • fences
  • fends
  • fights
  • forfends
  • fortresses
  • forts
  • guards
  • keeps
  • munitions
  • opposes
  • palisades
  • palladia
  • pickets
  • precautions
  • preserves
  • preventives
  • prevents
  • protections
  • protects
  • resists
  • saves
  • screens
  • secures
  • securities
  • shields
  • stands up for
  • strongholds
  • walls
  • wards
  • wars
  • weaponries
  • weapons
  • withstands

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