Synonyms of combats

combats 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of combat

1

as in fights

to oppose (someone) in physical conflict

a general eager to combat the enemy on his own ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fights
• battles
• wars (against)
• clashes (with)
• duels
• beats
• wrestles
• skirmishes (with)
• scrimmages (with)
• hits
• knocks
• strikes
• smacks
• punches
• slaps
• socks
• smites
• slams
• belts
• boxes
• pounds
• swipes
• thumps
• jousts
• slugs
• bashes
• swats
• spars
• pastes
• hammers
• whacks
• grapples
• bangs
• slogs
• whales
• buffets
• batters
• bats
• wallops
• brawls
• bumps
• clobbers
• bludgeons
• thwacks
• collides
• bops
• tussles
• scuffles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submits
• gives up
• surrenders

2

as in opposes

to strive to reduce or eliminate

must marshal all of our resources to combat this disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• opposes
• fights
• counters
• battles
• resists
• contends (with)
• confronts
• withstands
• thwarts
• oppugns
• foils
• frustrates
• faces
• baffles
• checkmates
• defies
• meets

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• promotes
• encourages
• advances
• fosters
• furthers
• cultivates
• nourishes
• suffers
• bears
• endures
• supports
• nurtures
• endorses
• abides
• forwards
• advocates
• backs
• upholds
• champions
• indorses

combats

2 of 2

noun

plural of combat

1

as in actions

active fighting during the course of a war

a soldier who served throughout the war without actually seeing combat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• actions
• fields
• battles
• fires
• attacks
• hostilities
• firefights
• warfares
• operations
• services
• pitched battles
• duties

2

as in skirmishes

a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups

the two stags entered a furious combat for dominance of the herd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fights
• skirmishes
• clashes
• battles
• struggles
• tussles
• scuffles
• frays
• brawls
• conflicts
• duels
• contests
• dustups
• confrontations
• scrimmages
• fracas
• altercations
• fracases
• quarrels
• scraps
• blows
• scrums
• pitched battles
• hassles
• melees
• disputes
• battle royals
• broils
• mêlées
• tangles
• affrays
• fisticuffs
• fistfights
• jousts
• battle royales
• slugfests
• mix-ups
• rows
• battles royal
• wrangles
• squabbles
• grapples
• donnybrooks
• spats
• battles royale
• punch-ups
• controversies
• punch-outs
• contretemps
• rough-and-tumbles
• ruckuses
• disagreements
• ructions
• misunderstandings
• tiffs
• kickups
• catfights
• falling-outs
• cross fires
• fallings-out
• arguments
• handgrips
• free-for-alls
• face-offs
• argle-bargles
• argy-bargies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truces

3

as in battles

an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another

the fierce ideological combat between the religionists and the secularists

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• harmonies
• concords
• peaces