Synonyms of clashing

clashing 1 of 2

adjective

as in conflicting

not being in agreement or harmony

freedom and equality are often a clashing set of ideals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conflicting
• inconsistent
• incompatible
• discrepant
• incongruous
• contradictory
• inharmonious
• mutually exclusive
• disagreeing
• discordant
• contrary
• repugnant
• inconsonant
• irreconcilable
• opposing
• at variance
• at odds
• opposite
• antagonistic
• antithetical
• diametric
• antipodal
• antipodean

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consistent
• agreeing
• compatible
• harmonious
• congruent
• concordant
• consonant
• correspondent (with or to)
• conformable (to)
• similar
• like
• congruous
• nonconflicting
• accordant
• akin

clashing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of clash

as in colliding

to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably

the colors of your shirt and pants clash

a parent's idea of proper dress often clashes with a teenager's

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conflicting
• colliding
• differing
• disagreeing
• jarring
• discording
• disaccording
• combating
• fighting
• battling
• jangling
• warring (against)
• engaging
• dissenting
• chafing
• grating
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• matching
• according
• blending
• fitting
• conforming (to or with)
• corresponding
• harmonizing
• agreeing
• coinciding
• concurring
• assenting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clashing

Adjective

The Los Angeles actor captures the easygoing professionalism that often places him between the clashing personalities of Shaw and Dreyfuss. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

The original room also has mannequins showing off fashion-forward outfits from the winners of the Liberty Fabrics x Graduate Fashion Foundation Competition, with lots of lovely clashing patterns and textures. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

If your bathroom feels busy or dated thanks to clashing finishes, consider painting everything in one rich, moody hue like charcoal, navy, or slate. — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 8 July 2026

The cornerstone of Boards classics is a blurring retrofuturism achieved via swirling and clashing sample, synth, and guitar textures. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026

The election follows Hockensmith's decision to step away from the board due to clashing personalities and policy choices. — Virginia Barreda, Des Moines Register, 3 June 2026

The clashing magnetic fields of a white dwarf star and its neighboring red dwarf star are the source of signals from space that have remained a puzzle for over 20 years, radio astronomers in Australia have found. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 June 2026

The clashing worldviews of secularism and Christianity are not simply competing outlooks — as though one were merely better than the other. — James O. Cunningham, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026

On his first album for his own Plastic & Sounds label, the Japanese producer sounds pricklier than ever, lacing hypnotic house and techno with microtonal dissonance and clashing textures. — Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026

Verb

Rivals for the throne finally clashing arms in an epic battle for the future of the kingdom. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

And despite making a show of clashing with the Pentagon over concerns about the safe deployment of its AI systems, Anthropic also let the military use its Claude AI to select targets in Iran. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026

The juxtaposition of the game’s simple, rounded characters against the realistic vegetation was strange at first, but there's a genuine charm to the game's clashing aesthetic. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Alfonsi departed after clashing with Bari Weiss, CBS News’ editor in chief, who delayed the airing of a report the journalist had prepared investigating the deportation of migrants to harsh prisons in Venezuela. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

And the movie’s also a super-teaming of the whole Spider-Man concept, clashing infinite earths of Spider-People together into a banter-y arachnoid squad. — Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026

The border crisis boiled over Thursday and continued Friday with security forces clashing with migrants on the Moroccan side of the border. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 31 July 2026

Israeli troops have carried out incursions and raids in areas of Syria outside the buffer zone, sometimes clashing with local residents, who have increasingly attempted to block roads to keep them out. — Natalie Melzer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

For the first time, Fauci was openly and repeatedly clashing with a president, too. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026