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Noun
▲
A prolonged armed struggle
battle
war
clash
fight
struggle
affray
assault
attack
bloodshed
contest
hostility
melee
onset
onslaught
warfare
blitz
combat
encounter
feud
siege
strife
conflagration
confrontation
discord
dogfight
duel
engagement
scrimmage
scuffle
skirmish
tussle
biffo
boilover
contention
fracas
fray
hostilities
scrap
action
campaign
collision
competition
dustup
fighting
grapple
hassle
match
rencounter
rivalry
face-off
set-to
tug-of-war
armed clash
armed conflict
armed confrontation
armed struggle
more ❯
“The council has met to discuss ways of preventing a military conflict between the two nations.”
Noun
▲
A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
discord
friction
disagreement
dispute
dissension
strife
hostility
antagonism
fight
misunderstanding
affray
antipathy
bickering
clash
contention
difference
disputation
falling-out
opposition
quarrel
schism
squabble
tension
tiff
variance
altercation
bicker
disaccord
discordance
discordancy
disharmony
dissent
dissention
dissidence
dissonance
disunion
disunity
division
exchange
fighting
fracas
infighting
inharmony
spat
tangle
tussle
war
warfare
wrangle
barney
feud
animosity
argument
argy-bargy
bad blood
difference of opinion
faction
falling out
ill feeling
ill will
row
run-in
battle royal
shouting match
war of words
more ❯
“There remained yet an unresolved conflict between the brothers with regards to the family's estate.”
Noun
▲
A serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, interests or objects
incompatibility
clash
contradistinction
contrast
difference
discord
disparity
dissimilarity
distinction
divergence
friction
incongruity
mismatch
polarity
unlikeness
variance
anomaly
contradiction
discrepancy
distinctiveness
distinctness
idiosyncrasy
imbalance
incongruousness
irregularity
particularity
peculiarity
variation
contrariety
contrariness
discordance
discordancy
disparateness
disproportion
diverseness
illogicality
inconsistency
unsuitability
dissimilitude
nonconformity
unconformity
imparity
unevenness
bad fit
bad match
lack of congruence
gulf
differentiation
heterogeneity
breach
demarcation
differential
division
discrimination
chasm
incomparability
unrelatedness
bias
differences
inequity
variability
discreteness
unfairness
non-uniformity
nonuniformity
unalikeness
discongruity
comparison
segregation
asymmetry
one-sidedness
dividing line
contraposition
rift
discrepance
yin yang
schism
wide area of difference
divide
prejudice
fine line
preferentiality
severance
divarication
offset
lopsidedness
injustice
partisanship
unfair treatment
incommensurateness
asperity
roughness
unjustness
unequivalence
lack of balance
delimitation
misproportion
partiality
delineation
discernment
shortcoming
top-heaviness
lack of relation
lack of proportion
exception
alteration
change
modification
metamorphosis
antithesis
digression
transformation
revision
characteristic
separateness
singularity
unorthodoxness
more ❯
“The conflict between his tracksuit pants and cowboy boots was rather apparent.”
Noun
▲
A state of (typically public) dissatisfaction, disturbance, or agitation
unrest
turmoil
tumult
disturbance
uproar
disorder
upheaval
agitation
confusion
ferment
chaos
turbulence
bother
disquiet
trouble
restlessness
disruption
rebellion
anarchy
insurrection
uprising
restiveness
uneasiness
rioting
upset
discord
dither
strife
dissatisfaction
perturbation
sedition
protest
worry
unquietness
fighting
quarrel
ructions
discontent
tizzy
anxiety
discontentment
fermentation
instability
unease
annoyance
disaffection
distress
grief
change
tension
dissension
trepidation
anxiousness
altercation
dissent
apprehension
bickering
controversy
fear
nervousness
chagrin
irritation
anguish
vexation
contention
crisis
debate
malaise
moodiness
mortification
perplexity
sorrow
disease
ennui
Sturm und Drang
concern
shock
disquietude
alarm
strain
discomposure
disconcertment
suffering
consternation
pain
stress
misery
care
torture
apprehensiveness
concernment
fluster
nervosity
sweat
agita
cataclysm
earthquake
trauma
paroxysm
bouleversement
tempest
angst
convulsion
dread
discomfiture
solicitude
discomfort
heartache
disconcertion
dismay
outcry
clamourUK
clamorUS
disarray
mayhem
excitement
embarrassment
inquietude
bedlam
horror
fretfulness
foreboding
panic
abashment
fright
distraction
agony
eruption
jitteriness
woe
torment
disorientation
tribulation
heartbreak
hardship
sadness
flusteredness
frustration
discombobulation
overthrow
disappointment
disaster
upturn
burden
rocking
traumatization
outburst
ailment
shaking
seism
trembling
quaking
tottering
devastation
storms
neurosis
havoc
stir
injury
damage
loss of face
convulsions
shame
astoundment
disgust
outrage
awkwardness
humiliation
maelstroms
tempests
flurry
stimulation
bewilderment
complaint
sickness
illness
scar
edginess
misgiving
nerves
tenseness
fearfulness
arousal
lather
doubt
ordeal
jolt
incitement
beating
ruin
failure
defeat
worriment
butterflies
uncertainty
presentiment
willies
tizzy, tizz
mixing
nervous excitement
demoralizationUS
undoing
nonplus
rout
revolution
jumps
shakes
twitchiness
nag
heebie-jeebies
butterflies in the stomach
trial
disorganizationUS
comedown
descent
demoralisationUK
conquest
vanquishment
defeasance
adversity
nightmare
affliction
derangement
blow
collapse
disillusionment
surprise
terror
stirring
tremor
violent change
about-face
explosion
flip-flop
temblor
outbreak
alteration
turnaround
shakeout
switch
catastrophe
discouragement
disenchantment
appalment
new deal
seismic shift
sudden change
major change
disorganisationUK
new ball-game
downer
blue funk
blues
funk
bummer
dumps
hassle
the blahs
cold feet
depression
responsibility
pressure
burdens
more ❯
Noun
▲
A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness
ambivalence
irresolution
contradiction
doubt
equivocation
fluctuation
hesitancy
indecision
uncertainty
vacillation
shilly-shallying
clash
confusion
dilemma
haze
haziness
hesitation
iffiness
inconclusiveness
irresoluteness
muddle
opposition
quandary
tentativeness
unsureness
vagueness
wavering
equivocacy
gingerliness
incongruity
inconsistency
unclearness
confusion dilemma
more ❯
Noun
▲
A dangerous situation
hot water
bother
controversy
trouble
bind
difficulty
hot spot
jam
mess
predicament
scrape
soup
problem
fix
spot
pickle
quandary
puzzle
plight
perplexity
conundrum
muddle
box
uncertainty
corner
impasse
quagmire
crisis
swamp
strait
more ❯
Noun
▲
A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true
paradox
contradiction
absurdity
anomaly
enigma
incongruity
inconsistency
mystery
oddity
puzzle
ambiguity
dichotomy
oxymoron
self-contradiction
antinomy
catch
Catch-22
conundrum
error
irony
juxtaposition
koan
mistake
nonsense
opposite
quandary
reverse
riddle
shocker
contradiction in terms
reverse psychology
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of interfering or the process of being interfered with
interference
intervention
intrusion
meddling
impinging
intercession
involvement
meddlesomeness
prying
encroaching
obstruction
obtrusion
opposition
tampering
trespass
trespassing
gatecrashing
impedance
intermeddling
barging in
butting in
interfering
interloping
interposition
nosiness
snooping
horning in
muscling in
nosing around
poking around
backseat driving
more ❯
Noun
▲
A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place
wartime
open war
period of war
shooting war
time of war
warfare
hostilities
Noun
▲
The fact of corresponding in nature or in time of occurrence
coincidence
coexistence
conjunction
contemporaneity
contemporaneousness
co-occurrence
simultaneity
simultaneousness
clash
concomitance
synchronicity
synchrony
concurrence
confluence
meeting
convergency
union
convergence
juxtaposition
combination
junction
intersection
blending
merging
concentration
joining
association
mingling
conflux
alliance
tie-up
affiliation
congruency
agreement
partnership
unification
hookup
conjointment
parallelism
aggregation
cahoots
combining
concurrency
accord
coming together
synchronism
conformity
harmony
existence
harmonizationUS
cooperation
order
cohabitation
peace
coetaneousness
coevolution
living
reconciliation
coevality
collaboration
synchronizationUS
harmonisationUK
synchronisationUK
living together
Noun
▲
A mental or emotional conflict or struggle
battle
struggle
challenge
strain
adversity
burden
bother
load
ordeal
pain
stress
test
difficulty
drain
encumbrance
exertion
grind
hardship
laborUS
labourUK
millstone
problem
strife
toil
torture
trouble
weight
agony
drudgery
hassle
suffering
travail
anguish
nightmare
trial
tribulation
difficult task
tall order
uphill battle
tough assignment
tough grind
uphill struggle
difficult project
marathon
endurance test
backbreaker
chore
imposition
gruntwork
slavery
donkeywork
headache
heavy laborUS
heavy labourUK
donkey work
no picnic
hard labour
donkey-work
backbreaking work
hard graft
misfortune
misery
austerity
privation
affliction
destitution
calamity
torment
want
persecution
oppression
grievance
penury
deprivation
need
neediness
discomfort
beggary
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
hazard
poverty
hardness
distress
ruination
trials
asperity
rigorUS
ruin
disaster
wretchedness
sorrow
danger
injury
grief
curse
accident
peril
mischance
worry
travails
lack
catastrophe
vicissitude
fatigue
tough luck
hard knocks
tough break
dire straits
Herculean task
rotten luck
rigourUK
trials and tribulations
rainy day
financial distress
more ❯
Noun
▲
An action which offends against a law, treaty, or other ruling
contravention
breach
infringement
violation
transgression
infraction
breaking
trespass
dereliction
neglect
non-observance
delict
disobedience
disobeying
dispute
flouting
impingement
obstruction
opposition
departure from
non-compliance with
failure to observe
crime
sin
error
wrongdoing
misdeed
offenceUK
delinquency
fault
more ❯
Noun
▲
Mental or emotional strain
tension
stress
agitation
anxiety
pressure
apprehension
nervousness
restlessness
worry
edginess
nerves
anxiousness
apprehensiveness
unease
strain
antsiness
jitteriness
jitters
jumpiness
shakes
twitchiness
uneasiness
willies
worriment
yips
abdabs
collywobbles
concern
discomfort
disquiet
habdabs
jumps
mental strain
emotional strain
mental stress
heebie-jeebies
jim-jams
bad feeling
screaming abdabs
screaming habdabs
more ❯
Noun
▲
An assembly of people for a particular purpose, especially for formal discussion
meeting
assembly
gathering
conference
convention
convocation
congregation
get-together
congress
conclave
meet
rally
session
summit
assemblage
confab
council
engagement
forum
huddle
ingathering
powwow
talk
caucus
muster
parley
reunion
turnout
affair
bunch
call
company
confrontation
date
gang
seminar
showdown
board meeting
business meeting
cattle call
council of war
one on one
hui
more ❯
Verb
▲
To differ strikingly or to be an unsuitable match
clash
contradict
contrast
differ
disagree
collide
contravene
counter
disaccord
discord
oppose
vary
diverge
jar
strive
argue
contend
interfere
mismatch
be at odds
be at variance
be discordant
be dissimilar
be incompatible
be in conflict
be incongruous
be inconsistent
be in opposition
come into conflict
not match
fluctuate
change
digress
diversify
separate
more ❯
“He held firm opinions which would sometimes conflict with mine.”
Verb
▲
(of a schedule) To overlap with
overlap
clash
coincide
coexist
co-occur
correspond
intersect
be concurrent
occur simultaneously
run in parallel
happen at the same time as
concur
synchronizeUS
attend
accompany
happen together
synchroniseUK
happen at the same time
agree
happen simultaneously
be simultaneous
occur at the same time
fall together
occur together
“The meeting you have scheduled will conflict with another appointment that I have.”
Verb
▲
To engage in an altercation
clash
altercate
battle
combat
fight
scrimmage
skirmish
war
argue
assault
attack
brawl
confront
contend
duel
engage
feud
grapple
quarrel
scrap
tangle
wrangle
wrestle
bicker
contest
dispute
quibble
scuffle
squabble
struggle
tussle
romp
slug
be in conflict
come into conflict
come to blows
cross swords
do battle
engage in hostilities
exchange blows
face off
go to war
have a dust-up
have a fight
have a punch-up
have a row
lock horns
make war
mount an attack
wage war
more ❯
“The rival gangs would regularly conflict with each other.”
Verb
▲
To meddle or intervene
interfere
impede
intrude
meddle
obstruct
hamper
handicap
hinder
inhibit
pry
restrict
affect
check
constrain
cramp
disturb
frustrate
intermeddle
intervene
restrain
thwart
baulkUK
block
disrupt
encroach
influence
intercede
interlope
mess
nose
obtrude
poke
snoop
tamper
trammel
butt in
confuse
cumber
hold up
baffle
balkUS
busybody
delay
discommode
foil
hold back
incommode
inconvenience
intermediate
intermit
interpose
jam
make
oppose
prevent
remit
stop
suspend
trouble
be a hindrance to
get in the way of
stand in the way of
barge in
fool with
get involved
hang up
horn in
mix in
muck about
muck around
step in
poke nose in
poke your nose in
get in the way
put your two cents in
stick your nose in
throw a spanner in the works of
stick your oar in
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
confine
tie
hold
repress
suppress
stifle
catch
postpone
nip in the bud
put an end to
keep back
straiten
still
shelve
control
reduce
interdict
circumvent
draw up
pull up
fetch up
bog down
put off
choke off
stem
decelerate
end
quash
spoil
impair
defeat
forbid
regulate
smother
fasten
withhold
tie down
nullify
leash
retardate
scotch
rein in
put back
avert
bring up
take down
hold over
stave off
ward off
head off
undermine
damage
destroy
discourage
wreck
dash
ruin
preclude
constrict
pigeonhole
slacken
staunch
contain
hesitate
break
crush
stump
discontinue
muffle
swallow
bottle up
extinguish
mire
lessen
decrease
put paid to
quell
diminish
loiter
hold in
hold down
avoid
evade
get around
squelch
gag
kill
stunt
escape
bypass
stem the flow of
get out of
hold captive
drop
put the kibosh on
choke back
checkmate
break up
intercept
steer clear of
sidestep
deflect
skirt
put an stop to
can
back off
kick
cease
knock off
bring to screeching halt
desist from
give up
leave off
bring to an end
dissuade from
straitjacket
delimit
tie-up
tie someone down
inc
cuff
protract
overload
debilitate
rein
gimp
entrammel
prolong
tie someone's hands
adjourn
charge
oppress
govern
fight back
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
prevent from making progress
tie one's hands
snag
repulse
tame
rebuff
mothball
table
reschedule
sideline
fix
scrub
sidetrack
brace
put a straitjacket on
entrap
make difficult
hold off on
make late
put the brakes on
pick off
take out of play
object
clasp
clamp
circumscribe
grip
put at a disadvantage
hem in
tether
keep a lid on
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
bite back
put a crimp in
drag feet
clip someone's wings
give disadvantage
take out
set limits on
impose limits on
respite
place at a disadvantage
down
loaf
falter
bog
dawdle
flag
put straitjacket on
temper
put out of commission
stand over
throw monkey wrench in
coop up
box up
cut down on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
disappoint
counter
put on ice
let up
dissuade
snooker
lag
abate
lay on the table
put over
carry over
hold in abeyance
puzzle
put off the evil day
take a rain check on
put in abeyance
put on the back burner
do later
continue
put off the evil hour
put in cold storage
quiet
qualify
procrastinate
embog
reef
bit
ward
taboo
outlaw
enjoin
put the damper on
pour cold water on
put a damper on
throw cold water on
mystify
confound
beat
dither
prevaricate
stand
fence
tarry
quibble
equivocate
barricade
seal
caulk
nonplus
keep in
overturn
circumnavigate
flummox
clog up
blockade
close up
close out
block out
fill up
cut back
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
cut down
wind down
keep waiting
anchor it
put on brakes
defend against
bring to a close
put a stop to
corner
dead-end
stop up
choke up
stanch
pack
jam up
block up
stuff
bung up
put the stopper on
unrail
ditch
take wind out of
outwit
keep lid on
do for
juke
unsettle
buy time
not move
stand still
stand off
peter out
block off
bung
occlude
hang fire
avoid the issue
take one's time
erode
bottle
congest
plug up
put on hold
refrain from
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
smash
put on back burner
give the run around
weaken
compromise
abandon
subdue
attack
eradicate
subvert
demolish
throw a monkey wrench into
dodge
dispatch
incapacitate
ravage
stay away
stay away from
forbear
elude
duck
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
skip
withstand
skip out on
shy from
pass up
steer clear
shrink from
abstain
desist
shirk
divert
devastate
eliminate
garrote/garrotte
squash
mar
disable
annul
obliterate
threaten
withhold from
refuse
make up for
deny yourself
obviate
decline
counterbalance
break the habit of
do without
shake
fend off
negate
forgo
renounce
provide
keep from
eschew
help
forbear from
shun
offset
anticipate
compensate for
undo
abolish
quit
silence
deaden
pocket
submerge
sink
harm
decimate
bollix
place a limit on
annihilate
abort
shatter
quench
mute
overpower
break off
cut into
say goodbye to
lay off
pack up
call a halt to
cut out
pack in
pull the plug on
give over
break down
mess up
muck up
quelch
stamp out
shush
damp down
strangle
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