battlefield

noun

bat·​tle·​field ˈba-tᵊl-ˌfēld 

1

: a place where a battle is fought

2

: an area of conflict

Synonyms of battlefield

• field
• battleground
• ground

Examples of battlefield in a Sentence

Hundreds of dead soldiers lay on the battlefield.

wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield

Recent Examples on the Web

But they’re used to an older style of war, fought on open battlefields. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 July 2026

The performance seemed designed to suggest that, away from the cameras, the Russian leader spends his time hunched over maps of the battlefield. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Neither the economic clouds or battlefield shortcomings have been enough to stop Putin and the Russian military. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Roberts noted that race and citizenship had been fiercely debated in courts, speeches, Congress and battlefields because of Black Americans’ fight for freedom from slavery. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for battlefield

• unconcealed
• unrepealed
• unrevealed
• afield
• airfield
• annealed
• appealed
• brownfield
• coalfield
• concealed
• congealed
• cornfield

Kids Definition

battlefield

noun

bat·​tle·​field -ˌfēld 

: a place where a battle is fought or was once fought