Synonyms of wars

wars 1 of 2

noun

plural of war

1

as in hostilities

a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups

the war was the result of ethnic tensions that had been building in the region for decades

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hostilities
• conflicts
• skirmishes
• conflagrations
• battles
• hot wars
• actions
• civil wars
• world wars
• police actions
• warfares
• limited wars
• holy wars
• engagements
• cold wars
• combats

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaces
• disarmaments
• demobilizations
• truces
• pacifications
• cease-fires
• demilitarizations
• calms
• tranquilities

2

as in conflicts

a lack of agreement or harmony

the siblings always seemed to be at war with one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conflicts
• frictions
• discords
• strifes
• schisms
• warfares
• discordances
• divisions
• clashes
• dissents
• disputes
• hostilities
• altercations
• dissensions
• disharmonies
• variances
• disagreements
• fights
• dissonances
• discordancies
• inharmonies
• disunities
• arguments
• debates
• contentions
• dissidences
• disunions
• quarrels
• collisions
• infightings
• divides
• brawls
• bickers
• competitions
• fissures
• squabbles
• disaccords
• spats
• animosities
• antagonisms
• enmities
• tiffs
• wrangles
• inconsistencies
• run-ins
• rancors
• incompatibilities
• incongruities
• rows
• antipathies
• scraps
• incongruences
• inconsistences
• cold wars
• fallings-out
• jars
• hassles
• mix-ups
• miffs
• inconsonances
• ill wills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreements
• harmonies
• concordances
• accords
• concords
• peaces
• concurrences
• cooperations

3

as in rivalries

an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another

only the latest round in the never-ending class war

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• harmonies
• concords
• peaces

wars

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of war

as in battles

Related Words

• battles
• fights
• contends
• resists
• opposes
• withstands
• preserves
• prevents
• conserves
• walls
• saves
• averts
• buffers
• fences
• protects
• shields
• guards
• safeguards
• wards
• defends
• pickets
• palisades
• screens
• forfends
• fends
• secures
• bulwarks
• covers
• keeps

Dissimilar Words

• attacks
• assaults
• assails
• storms
• overruns
• bombards
• besets
• yields
• submits
• besieges
• capitulates
• caves

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wars

Noun

Netanyahu and Erdogan have a long-running public feud, which intensified dramatically during the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

This came out in 2012, in that awkward growing-pains stage between the early post-teenybopper rebellion of Can’t Be Tamed and the suffocating culture wars of Bangerz. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026

Yet Parton masterfully stayed out of every fight in the culture wars, preaching love, philanthropy, mentorship and tolerance until her dying breath. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Military superiority doesn't guarantee victory In an echo of those earlier wars, the United States has dominated the battle from the start. — Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

In Gramsci’s telling, wars of maneuver could succeed where the state had a tight grip and the institutions of civil society (churches, schools, unions, professional organizations, the press) were weak and malleable, as in Imperial Russia. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

Cash still matters, but today its biggest advantage isn't just winning bidding wars. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

The Schmittian focus on stability and coexistence resonates with the New Right’s opposition to forever wars and rejection of universalist schemes. — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

Since the wars ended, land mines and unexploded ordnance have killed approximately 90,000 people and wounded almost twice as many across the three countries. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026