brawl

brawl

noun

Definition of BRAWL

1

a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people <they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl>

Synonyms affray [chiefly British], broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also m{ecirc}l{eacute}e), rough-and-tumble, row, ruckus, ruction

Related Words battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle; horseplay, roughhousing; altercation, argument, dispute, kickup, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle

2

an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions <the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting>

Synonyms altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argy-bargy [chiefly British], battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle

Related Words clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tussle; logomachy; feud, vendetta; attack, contention, dissension (also dissention); debate, difference, disputation; fuss, objection, protest, protestation; affray [chiefly British], fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also m{ecirc}l{eacute}e); catfight

3

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound <we could hear the brawl of the river rapids ahead of us before we could actually see them>

Synonyms babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roar

Related Words discord, dissonance; commotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproar; clatter, jangle; bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash

Near Antonyms calm, hush, lull; quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)

Antonyms quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness