Battle

//ˈbætl̩//

Synonyms for "battle" (237 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related words (118)

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Adjective(1 words)

improving

Noun(1 words)

struggle

Verb(1 words)

vie

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16 relation types

More general

11 entries

action attempt contend effort endeavor endeavour fight group action military action struggle try

Antonyms

2 entries

friend peace

Synonyms

6 entries

action conflict contest encounter fight struggle

Related terms

4 entries

batful batten battlement embattle

at location

8 entries

battlefield court room iraq middle east middle eastern countries movie video game war

capable of

1 entries

result in loss of life

defined as

1 entries

last name of opera star

derived

124 entries

Battle Creek Battle Ground Battle Mountain Battle of Gaugamela Battle of Okinawa Battleford Father Charles goes down and ends battle Richard of York gave battle in vain Van Dorn battle flag active time battle battailous battle axe battle bus battle cruiser battle cry battle fatigue

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etymologically related_to

3 entries

batell batten better

has context

3 entries

dialectal military uk

has subevent

1 entries

have weapon

is a

8 entries

event type fight fight between enemies military action military event physical destruction event television episode violent action

manner of

1 entries

fight

part of

1 entries

war

related to

115 entries

action activity armed armed fight armed men armed struggle armies armies fight armies fighting army army fight army fighting axe batful battalia batten

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used for

12 entries

being warrior compitition and for winning conquer enemy defeating enemy determining which party stronger fighting fighting war gaining territory gaining victory win campaign win war winning war

Translations

297 translations across 109 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

betejë noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

δῆρις noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
μάχη noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Arabic

1 entries

مَعْرَكَة noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Armenian

4 entries

կռիվ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
ճակատամարտ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
մարտ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
պայքար noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Asturian

2 entries

batalla noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batallar verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

döyüş noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
mübarizə noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
toqquşma noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
vuruşma noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Basque

2 entries

bataila noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
guda noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Belarusian

4 entries

бата́лія noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
бой noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
бі́тва noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
змага́нне noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Bengali

3 entries

জঙ্গ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
লড়াই noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
সংগ্রাম noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Bulgarian

4 entries

би́тка noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
бой noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
борба́ noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
сраже́ние noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Burmese

1 entries

တိုက်ပွဲ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Catalan

4 entries

batalla noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batalla noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
batalla noun ((obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion)
batallar verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

شەڕ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
ڕەزم noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

戰役 /战役 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
戰鬥 /战斗 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
爭鬥 /争斗 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
鬥爭 /斗争 noun ((obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion)

Czech

4 entries

bitva noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
boj noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
boj noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
zápas noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Danish

3 entries

kamp noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
kamp noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
slag noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Dutch

4 entries

gevecht noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
gevecht noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
kamp noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
slag noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Egyptian

1 entries

aHA-A24 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Esperanto

4 entries

batalo noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
lukto noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
batali verb ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight)
lukti verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Estonian

1 entries

lahing noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Finnish

4 entries

taistelu noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
taistelu noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
taistella verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)
taistella verb ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight)

French

4 entries

bataille noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
lutte noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
lutte noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
lutter verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Galician

2 entries

batalla noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batallar verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Georgian

4 entries

ბრძოლა noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
ჭიდილი noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
ებრძოლება verb ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight)
იბრძვის verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

German

4 entries

Gefecht noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
Kampf noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
Kampf noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
Schlacht noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Gothic

2 entries

𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)
𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight)

Greek

4 entries

αγώνας noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
μάχη noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
μάχη noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
μάχομαι verb ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

batay noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Hebrew

3 entries

מַאֲבָק noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
מַאֲבָק noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
קְרָב noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Hindi

3 entries

जंग noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
लड़ाई noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
संग्राम noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Hungarian

2 entries

csata noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
ütközet noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Icelandic

2 entries

bardagi noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
barátta noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Indonesian

2 entries

pertarungan noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
pertempuran noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

جَنْگ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
رَزْم noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
مُبارِزِه noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
مُحارِبِه noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Irish

2 entries

cath noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
coimhlint noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Istriot

1 entries

batalgia noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Italian

4 entries

battaglia noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
lotta noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
pugna noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
battagliare verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Japanese

4 entries

争い noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
戦 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
戦い noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
戦い noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Judeo-Italian

1 entries

בַאטַאלְײַה noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Kannada

1 entries

ಕಾಳಗ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Kazakh

4 entries

айқас noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
күрес noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
шайқас noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
ұрыс noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Khmer

1 entries

ចំបាំង noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Kongo

1 entries

mvita noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Korean

4 entries

교전 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
싸움 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
전쟁 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
전투 noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

кыргын noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
күрөш noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
согуш noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
уруш noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Lao

1 entries

ສົງຄາມ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Latgalian

1 entries

kuove noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Latin

2 entries

proelium noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
proelior verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Latvian

1 entries

kauja noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Lingala

1 entries

etumba noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Lithuanian

2 entries

kova noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
mūšis noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Schluecht noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Macedonian

2 entries

битка noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
бој noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Malay

1 entries

pertempuran noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᡶᠠᠨ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Marathi

1 entries

लढाई noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Mongolian

3 entries

байлдаан noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
тулалдаан noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
тулалдах verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Māori

4 entries

matawhāura noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
parekura noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
putakari noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
kakari verb ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

nkodo noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Norman

2 entries

bataille noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batâle noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

North Frisian

2 entries

kåmp noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
slåcht noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

kamp noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
slag noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Occitan

1 entries

batalha noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Odia

1 entries

ଲଢେଇ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Old English

1 entries

ġefeoht noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Old French

1 entries

bataille noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Old Irish

1 entries

cath noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

صاواش noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
ناورد noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Papiamentu

1 entries

bataya noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Pashto

3 entries

جنګ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
جګړه noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
محاربه noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Kaumf noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
Schlacht noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Polish

4 entries

batalia noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batalion noun ((obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion)
bitwa noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
bitwa noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Portuguese

3 entries

batalha noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
luta noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
batalhar verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Primitive Irish

1 entries

ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Romanian

1 entries

bătălie noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Romansch

2 entries

bataglia noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
battaglia noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Russian

4 entries

бата́лия noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
би́тва noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
бой noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
борьба́ noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Sanskrit

4 entries

युद्ध noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
रण noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
संग्राम noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
युध्यते verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)

Sardinian

4 entries

batadha noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batalla noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
bataza noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batàglia noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

bòrba noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
bòrba noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
bȉtka noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
bȏj noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Sicilian

1 entries

battagghia noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Slovak

3 entries

bitka noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
bitva noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
boj noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Slovene

2 entries

bitka noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
boj noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Southern Altai

2 entries

согыш noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
јуу-согуш noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Spanish

4 entries

batalla noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
lucha noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batallar verb ((intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight)
batallar verb ((transitive) to assail in battle; to fight)

Sudovian

1 entries

kavja noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Swahili

1 entries

vita noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Swedish

3 entries

kamp noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
slag noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
strid noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Tabasaran

1 entries

дяви noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Tagalog

1 entries

labanan noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Tajik

4 entries

мубориза noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
муҳориба noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
набард noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
разм noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Tatar

2 entries

көрәш noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
сугыш noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Telugu

1 entries

యుద్ధము noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Thai

1 entries

สงคราม noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Tibetan

1 entries

རྒྱ་འདྲེ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Tocharian B

1 entries

weta noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Turkish

4 entries

cenk noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
harp noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
muharebe noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
savaş noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Turkmen

3 entries

göreş noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
jeň noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
söweş noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Ukrainian

4 entries

бата́лія noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
би́тва noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
бойови́сько noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
бойови́ще noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Urdu

4 entries

جَن٘گ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
رَزْم noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
لَڑائی noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
مُبارَزَہ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Uyghur

4 entries

جەڭ noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
سوقۇش noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
كۈرەش noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
مۇھارىبە noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Uzbek

4 entries

jang noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
kurash noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
muboraza noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
muhoraba noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Vietnamese

1 entries

trận đánh noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Volapük

1 entries

lekomip noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Walloon

4 entries

bataye noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
bate noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
batreye noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
lûte noun (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)

Welsh

3 entries

brwydr noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
brwydrau noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
cad noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

jelpchering noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Yiddish

2 entries

קאַמף noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
שלאַכט noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Zulu

1 entries

impi noun (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

Sample sentences

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We won the battle.

Source: tatoeba (1877)

We can say that Japan was fighting a constant battle against hunger during the war.

Source: tatoeba (20081)

A sailor frequently has no time to get his sea legs after leaving port before a battle starts.

Source: tatoeba (22165)

We fought a hard battle.

Source: tatoeba (23024)

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Battle

Synonyms for "battle" (237 found)

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Esperanto

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