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Conflict

//ˈkɑn.flɪkt//

Synonyms for "conflict" (305 found)

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Informal (21)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)
cross
Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)
meet
Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)
action
Name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)
rowbrushwardiscordtiff
Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)
godrumble
Noun, slang(1 words)
strife
Verb, slang(1 words)
break off

General use (284)

Noun(121 words)
divisiondifferencefightdisputedivergenceresistanceoppositionbattledeityreactionnonconformityengagementobstinacyfactionstruggledisagreementcontentionrepugnancecontrarietyinconsistency
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diversitycontradictionantipathyhostilityvarianceembroilmentinequalityenmitynegationantagonismcollisiondisparityfrictionrecalcitrancepolarityconfrontationcontroversyfracasrepercussionincompatibilitydissensiondiscrepancydissonancefrustrationdisharmonyaltercationtraumacompetitioninharmonyrenitencymalevolencecounteractionantithesisambivalencebelligerencedissidencedisunionmalignityhatredvendettarivalrylitigationlawlessnessperversitylogomachydiscordanceargumentationbad bloodinaccordancecontrapositiontug-of-warcut and thrustfractiousnessopposurecrankinessdisaffinityunpleasantnessrefractorinessnoncooperationcontentiousnesscontradistinctionoppugnancyquarrelsomenesscross purposesuncooperativenessinharmoniousnessconfutationshowdownbattle royaldisputationdisunityemulationspitefulnessdiscordancypassage of armsbullfightnegativenessunharmoniousnesscontestationperversenesscross-purposescrotchetinessoppugnancestreet fightcontrarinesscounterpositionwar of wordscontraindicationdecompensationinimicalnesspitched battlearmored combatdespitefulnessoppositenessconcourstauromachyincompatiblenessKilkenny catsrunning fightdifference of opiniontraumatism
Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)
counter
Intj, noun, verb(1 words)
scramble
Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)
offset
Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)
battle
Name, noun(1 words)
goddess
Name, noun, verb(1 words)
fray
Name, verb(1 words)
argue
Noun, prep, verb(1 words)
spite
Adj, noun(1 words)
polemic
meet head onstand apartdepart frommeet head-onmilitate againstdisaccordancecontrast withinterfere withbeat againstbe at cross-purposesconflict withwork againstgo counter topaper warhear a different drummerrun counter toexchange of blowsplay at cross-purposesaerial combatclash of arms
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fire fightground combathand-to-hand combathand-to-hand fighthouse-to-house combatnaval combatshoving matchstand-up fightcat-and-dog lifestrained relationsbe antipatheticbe inimicalbe at varianceopen conflictbe opposed toclash withdeviate fromjuxtapose in oppositionbe distinguisheddiverge frombe distinctdivaricate fromjar withnot accord withnot square withstand over againstmental shockdiffer in opinionhold opposite viewsmisunderstand one anothernot get alongpull different wayshit a clinkerambivalence of impulseemotional shockexternal frustrationpsychological stress
Adjective(1 words)
ambivalent
Proper Noun(2 words)
ErisDiscordia

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