Synonyms for WAR
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1. warnoun

   Antonyms:
   peace

2. warnoun

   To engage in conflict (may be followed by with to specify the foe).

   Antonyms:
   peace

3. warnoun

   To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

   That thou mightest war a good warfare. Tim. i. 18.

   Antonyms:
   peace

4. warnoun

   Antonyms:
   peace

5. warnoun

   Antonyms:
   peace

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1. war

   Synonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, separation

   Antonyms:
   alliance, coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union

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1. war, warfarenoun

   the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

   "thousands of people were killed in the war"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, war, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

2. war, state of warnoun

   a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply

   "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, war, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

3. war, warfarenoun

   an active struggle between competing entities

   "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, war, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

4. warverb

   a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious

   "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

5. warverb

   make or wage war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

Matched Categories

1. • Conflict
   • Fight

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1. warnoun

   Synonyms:
   hostilities, fighting, warfare, ULTIMA RATIO REGUM, the last argument of kings

2. warnoun

   Synonyms:
   art of war, profession of arms

3. warverb

   Synonyms:
   make war, carry on war

4. warverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, fight, strive

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1. warnoun

   Synonyms:
   hostilities, warfare, strife, battle, crusade, belligerence

   Associated words:
   bellona, mars, belligerent, bellicose, tactics, casus belli, strategy, cartel, campaign, mobilize, mobilization, demobilize, demobilization, munitions, disarmament

2. warverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, fight, combat, militate, wage war

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "war":

   warfare, wars, guerre, kara, guerra, wartime, fight, karo, battle, karas, oorlog, harb, conflict, krieg, war-, fighting, war-risk, strife

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How to use WAR in a sentence?

1. Brenda Partridge-Brown:

   My mom, sometimes, she’d be whooping you a bit too much and you’d say, ‘Calm down, the war is over. The war ended!’.

2. Melissa Hanham:

   The Trump administration keeps downplaying these missiles because they are not ICBMs, but even though they can't reach the U.S. mainland, it's missiles like these that will start the war, they are small, easy to hide, easy to maneuver and you can't tell what kind of warhead they are carrying. They could carry a nuclear weapon.

3. Bill Clinton:

   I know of no one who seriously believes that the United States and [South Korea] would be defeated in a war of aggression by North Korea if they were to attack, and I made it as clear as I could that if they were to do that, they would pay a price so great that the nation would probably not survive as it is known today.

4. Ira Mehlman:

   When you lie about your husband’s involvement in the military and the potential that he was involved in war crimes, that’s important information.

5. Shweta Kurvey-Mishra:

   The war for talent is real.