Conflict

//ˈkɑn.flɪkt//

Synonyms for "conflict" (310 found)

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Closest matches (62)

Noun(1 words)
battle

Strong matches (93)

contentioncontentiousnesscontestationcontradictcontradictioncontradistinctioncontraindicationcontraposecontrapositioncontrarietycontrarinesscontrastcontrast withcontravenecontroversycontrovertcountercounteractcounteractioncounterattack
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counterbalancecountercheckcounterpoisecounterposecounterpositioncountervailcounterworkcounterworkingcrankinesscrosscross purposescross-purposescrotchetinesscut and thrustdebatedecompensationdeitydepart fromdespitefulnessdeviate fromdifferdiffer in opiniondifferencedisabusedisaccorddisaccordancedisaffinitydisagree withdiscordancediscordancydiscordiadiscrepancydisharmonydisparitydisputationdissensiondissentdissidencedissonancedisturbdisuniondisunitydivaricate fromdivergediverge fromdivergencediversitydivisiondogfightembroilmentemotional shockemulationencounterengagementenmityerisexchange of blowsexternal frustrationfactionfeudfightingfire fightfracasfractiousnessfrayfriction
Verb(1 words)
contravene

Related words (155)

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inharmoniousnessinimicalnessinterfereinterfere withjanglejarjar withjarringjostlejuxtapose in oppositionkickkilkenny catslawlessnesslitigationlock hornslogomachymalevolencemalicemalignitymeetmeet head onmeet head-onmeetingmental shockmilitate againstmischiefmisleadingmismatchmismatemisunderstand one anothernaval combatnegatenegationnegativenessnonconformitynoncooperationnot accord withnot get alongnot square withobjectobstinacyoffsetopen conflictopposeoppositenessoppositionopposureoppugnoppugnanceoppugnancypaper warpassage of armsperversenessperversitypitched battleplay at cross-purposespolaritypolemicpsychological stresspull different waysquarrelquarrelingquarrelsomenessreactionrecalcitrancerecoilrefractorinessrencontrerenitencyrepercussionrepugnanceresistresistancerevoltriftrivalryrowrubrumblerun againstrun counter torunning fightscramblescrappingscrimmagescuffleset offshoving matchshowdownskirmishspatspitespitefulnesssquabblesquabblingstand apartstand over againststand-up fightstrained relationsstreet fightstressstrifestrivingswim upstreamswimming upstreamtauromachytensiontifftraumatraumatismtug-of-wartussleuncooperativenessunharmoniousnessunpleasantnessunstringuntunevariancevaryvendettavyingwarwar of wordswarfarewordswork againstwranglewrangling

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Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

16 entries

capable of

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derived

33 entries

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distinct from

2 entries

is a

6 entries

manner of

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related to

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Translations

239 translations across 83 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • konflik noun (clash or disagreement)

Albanian

1 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • σύρραξις noun (clash or disagreement)
  • ὑσμίνη noun (clash or disagreement)

Arabic

3 entries
  • صِرَاع noun (clash or disagreement)
  • مُنَاقَشَة noun (clash or disagreement)
  • نِزَاع noun (clash or disagreement)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կոնֆլիկտ noun (clash or disagreement)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • münaqişə noun (clash or disagreement)
  • çəkişmə noun (clash or disagreement)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • канфлі́кт noun (clash or disagreement)
  • сутыкне́нне noun (clash or disagreement)
  • сутыкне́ньне noun (clash or disagreement)

Bengali

2 entries
  • যুদ্ধ noun (clash or disagreement)
  • সংঘর্ষ noun (clash or disagreement)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • конфли́кт noun (clash or disagreement)
  • несъвмести́мост noun (incompatibility)
  • противоре́чие noun (incompatibility)
  • стълкнове́ние noun (clash or disagreement)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပဋိပက္ခ noun (clash or disagreement)

Catalan

1 entries
  • conflicte noun (clash or disagreement)

Cebuano

3 entries
  • away noun (clash or disagreement)
  • dili magkauyon noun (incompatibility)
  • nagsapaw verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 衝突 /冲突 noun (clash or disagreement)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 衝突 /冲突 noun (clash or disagreement)

Czech

2 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • střet noun (clash or disagreement)

Danish

4 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • konflikt noun (incompatibility)
  • overlappe verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)
  • være i modstrid med verb (be at odds (with))

Dutch

4 entries
  • conflict noun (clash or disagreement)
  • conflict noun (incompatibility)
  • geschil noun (clash or disagreement)
  • onverenigbaarheid noun (incompatibility)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • konflikto noun (clash or disagreement)
  • kverelo noun (clash or disagreement)
  • malakordo noun (clash or disagreement)
  • malakordo noun (incompatibility)

Estonian

1 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)

Farefare

1 entries
  • zɛbrɛ noun (clash or disagreement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • konflikti noun (clash or disagreement)
  • ristiriita noun (incompatibility)
  • olla ristiriidassa verb (be at odds (with))
  • olla ristiriidassa verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

French

3 entries
  • conflit noun (clash or disagreement)
  • conflit noun (incompatibility)
  • incompatibilité noun (incompatibility)

Galician

2 entries
  • conflito noun (clash or disagreement)
  • tirapuxa noun (clash or disagreement)

Georgian

2 entries
  • განხეთქილება noun (clash or disagreement)
  • კონფლიქტი noun (clash or disagreement)

German

4 entries
  • Gegensatz noun (clash or disagreement)
  • Inkompatibilität noun (incompatibility)
  • Konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • Konflikt noun (incompatibility)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (clash or disagreement)

Greek

2 entries
  • σύγκρουση noun (incompatibility)
  • σύρραξη noun (clash or disagreement)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • התנגשות noun (incompatibility)
  • חוסר התאמה noun (incompatibility)
  • סִכְסוּךְ noun (clash or disagreement)
  • התנגש verb (be at odds (with))

Hindi

4 entries
  • असंगति noun (incompatibility)
  • कलह noun (clash or disagreement)
  • घर्षण noun (clash or disagreement)
  • द्वंद्व noun (clash or disagreement)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • konfliktus noun (clash or disagreement)
  • ütik egymást verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • árekstur noun (clash or disagreement)
  • átök noun (clash or disagreement)
  • skarast verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

Ido

1 entries
  • konflikto noun (clash or disagreement)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bentrokan noun (incompatibility)
  • konflik noun (clash or disagreement)
  • pertikaian noun (clash or disagreement)
  • bentrok verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • تَضاد noun (clash or disagreement)
  • دَرْگیری noun (clash or disagreement)
  • مُناقِشِه noun (clash or disagreement)
  • ناسازْگاری noun (clash or disagreement)

Irish

2 entries
  • coimhlint noun (clash or disagreement)
  • coinbhleacht noun (clash or disagreement)

Italian

4 entries
  • conflitto noun (clash or disagreement)
  • incompatibilità noun (incompatibility)
  • interferire verb (be at odds (with))
  • sovrapporsi verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 衝突 noun (clash or disagreement)
  • バッティングする verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)
  • 合わない verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)
  • 対立する verb (be at odds (with))

Kazakh

3 entries
  • жанжал noun (clash or disagreement)
  • тартыс noun (clash or disagreement)
  • қақтығыс noun (clash or disagreement)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កលហ noun (clash or disagreement)
  • ជម្លោះ noun (clash or disagreement)

Korean

3 entries
  • 갈등 noun (clash or disagreement)
  • 분쟁 noun (clash or disagreement)
  • 충돌 noun (clash or disagreement)

Krio

3 entries
  • fɛt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • kɔnflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • plaba noun (clash or disagreement)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • жаңжал noun (clash or disagreement)
  • конфликт noun (clash or disagreement)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄວາມບາດຫມາງ noun (clash or disagreement)

Latin

1 entries
  • cōnflictus noun (clash or disagreement)

Latvian

1 entries
  • konflikts noun (clash or disagreement)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • konfliktas noun (clash or disagreement)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ко́нфликт noun (clash or disagreement)
  • ко́нфликт noun (incompatibility)
  • неусогла́сеност noun (incompatibility)
  • проти́вречност noun (incompatibility)

Malay

1 entries
  • konflik noun (clash or disagreement)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kunflitt noun (clash or disagreement)

Middle English

2 entries
  • threp noun (clash or disagreement)
  • win noun (clash or disagreement)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • зөрчил noun (clash or disagreement)
  • зөрчилдөөн noun (clash or disagreement)
  • мөргөлдөөн noun (clash or disagreement)

Moore

1 entries
  • zabre noun (clash or disagreement)

Māori

1 entries
  • papātanga noun (clash or disagreement)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • minaqeşe noun (clash or disagreement)
  • nakokî noun (clash or disagreement)
  • şer noun (clash or disagreement)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)

Occitan

1 entries
  • conflicte noun (clash or disagreement)

Pashto

2 entries
  • شخړه noun (clash or disagreement)
  • مناقشه noun (clash or disagreement)

Polish

3 entries
  • batalia noun (clash or disagreement)
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • walka noun (clash or disagreement)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • conflito noun (clash or disagreement)
  • conflito noun (incompatibility)
  • coincidir verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)
  • conflitar verb (be at odds (with))

Romanian

3 entries
  • ceartă noun (clash or disagreement)
  • conflict noun (clash or disagreement)
  • conflict noun (incompatibility)

Russian

4 entries
  • конфли́кт noun (clash or disagreement)
  • конфли́кт noun (incompatibility)
  • несовмести́мость noun (incompatibility)
  • противоре́чие noun (incompatibility)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • सम्प्रहार noun (clash or disagreement)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • còmhrag noun (clash or disagreement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kònflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • kònflikt noun (incompatibility)
  • súkob noun (clash or disagreement)
  • súkob noun (incompatibility)

Slovak

2 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • stret noun (clash or disagreement)

Slovene

4 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • nasprotovanje noun (clash or disagreement)
  • spor noun (clash or disagreement)
  • (si) nasprotovati verb (be at odds (with))

Spanish

4 entries
  • conflicto noun (clash or disagreement)
  • discrepancia noun (incompatibility)
  • coincidir verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)
  • conflictuar verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

Swedish

4 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • konflikt noun (incompatibility)
  • motstrida verb (be at odds (with))
  • överlappa verb (overlap with, as in a schedule)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • hidwaan noun (clash or disagreement)
  • sigalot noun (clash or disagreement)
  • tagisan noun (clash or disagreement)
  • tunggalian noun (clash or disagreement)

Tajik

3 entries
  • муноқиша noun (clash or disagreement)
  • низоъ noun (clash or disagreement)
  • ҷанҷол noun (clash or disagreement)

Tatar

1 entries
  • низаг noun (clash or disagreement)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความขัดแย้ง noun (clash or disagreement)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ysalye noun (clash or disagreement)

Turkish

2 entries
  • anlaşmazlık noun (clash or disagreement)
  • çatışma noun (clash or disagreement)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • dawa noun (clash or disagreement)
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • конфлі́кт noun (clash or disagreement)
  • су́тичка noun (clash or disagreement)
  • конфліктува́ти verb (be at odds (with))

Urdu

4 entries
  • تَصادُم noun (clash or disagreement)
  • تَضاد noun (clash or disagreement)
  • تَنازَعَہ noun (clash or disagreement)
  • مُناقَشَہ noun (clash or disagreement)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • توقۇنۇش noun (clash or disagreement)
  • جاڭجال noun (clash or disagreement)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • janjal noun (clash or disagreement)
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)
  • munoqasha noun (clash or disagreement)
  • nizo noun (clash or disagreement)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • xung đột noun (clash or disagreement)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • konflikt noun (clash or disagreement)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאָנפֿליקט noun (clash or disagreement)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Your behavior is in conflict with your principles.

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Diplomatic dialogue helped put an end to the conflict.

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Our interests conflict with theirs.

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Our interests seem to conflict with each other.

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