Synonyms of brawls

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noun

plural of brawl

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as in clashes

a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people

they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clashes
• altercations
• melees
• skirmishes
• affrays
• broils
• rows
• fracas
• donnybrooks
• fracases
• fisticuffs
• mêlées
• scuffles
• ructions
• frays
• battles
• tussles
• ruckuses
• free-for-alls
• rough-and-tumbles
• arguments
• disputes
• scrimmages
• quarrels
• contests
• squabbles
• spats
• struggles
• conflicts
• combats
• tiffs
• scraps
• wrangles
• hassles
• handgrips
• horseplays
• kickups

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as in altercations

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 & Similar Words

• altercations
• disputes
• fights
• disagreements
• quarrels
• controversies
• bickers
• arguments
• misunderstandings
• skirmishes
• squabbles
• clashes
• feuds
• spats
• disputations
• tiffs
• imbroglios
• rows
• wrangles
• debates
• battle royals
• contretemps
• donnybrooks
• falling-outs
• battles royal
• battle royales
• fallings-out
• cross fires
• rhubarbs
• differences
• battles royale
• tussles
• scraps
• kickups
• run-ins
• argle-bargles
• set-tos
• tangles
• dissentions
• protests
• hassles
• argy-bargies
• fisticuffs
• vendettas
• attacks
• melees
• contentions
• protestations
• catfights
• objections
• logomachies
• affrays
• mêlées
• dissensions
• fracas
• fracases
• free-for-alls
• frays
• fusses

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as in noises

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 & Similar Words

• noises
• roars
• rattles
• chatters
• commotions
• rackets
• cacophonies
• decibels
• dins
• clatters
• clamors
• discordances
• bowwows
• bluster
• bangs
• blares
• bruits
• discords
• dissonances
• katzenjammers
• clangors
• babels
• uproars
• booms
• tumults
• furors
• crashes
• blasts
• jangles
• hurly-burlies
• claps
• hubbubs
• hullabaloos
• rumpuses
• cracks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• silences
• stills
• quiets
• lulls
• calms
• hushes
• serenities
• tranquillities
• tranquilities
• quietudes

brawls

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verb

present tense third-person singular of brawl

as in fights

to express different opinions about something often angrily

the Wilsons were always loudly brawling, and the neighbors were always shutting their windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fights
• bickers
• quarrels
• clashes
• argues
• disputes
• squabbles
• debates
• rows
• spats
• tiffs
• wrangles
• hassles
• scraps
• locks horns
• falls out
• jars
• quibbles
• controverts
• altercates
• contests
• brabbles
• butts heads
• discusses
• argufies
• bandies words
• mixes it up
• challenges
• protests
• dares
• contends
• tangles
• objects
• kicks
• defies
• fusses
• cavils
• nitpicks
• considers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consents
• agrees
• coexists
• accepts
• gets along
• concurs
• assents