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

Damage to refineries and disrupted shipping from the wars in Iran and Ukraine have pushed diesel to record highs in many markets, feeding directly into trucking, farming, and freight costs. — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026

The concern is, if the trade wars continue or worsen, that there will be an even steeper decline to the industry area was built on. — Saige Miller, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

Already, the redistricting wars have stoked intraparty tensions. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

With the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, shipping disruptions, shifting consumer demand, and continuing geopolitical uncertainty, manufacturers in both countries are increasingly cautious about making financial commitments. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Diesel prices have soared as the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East knock out refining capacity. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

My prior research from 2019 found that military adolescents had frequent emergency department visits and hospitalizations for substance use problems during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. — Nikki R Wooten, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

From feeding hobos on the back porch in the night in the Great Depression to marching against wars for oil in the Eighties and Nineties. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Defense contractors don’t want to hear this, but this is the level on which wars can be won or lost these days. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026