One million people lost their lives in the war.
Source: tatoeba (1544)
War
/wɔː/
Synonyms for "war" (174 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (35)
all-out waraltercationamerican revolutionappeal to armsaresargumentarmed combatarmed conflictarmsart of warathenaattackattemptbalkan warsbattlebelligerencebelligerencybellonabickerbickering
Strong matches (52)
closecollidecombatcome to blowsconflictcontendcontentioncontentiousnesscontestcontestationcontroversycrimean warcrusadecrusadescut and thrustdebatedefenddisputationdisputedrive
Verb(2 words)
fightgo to war
Related words (87)
holy warhostilitieshostilityhot warindian warsindochina warjihadjostlejoustkilkenny catsknighthoodkorean warla guerrelitigationlogomachymake warmarsmexican warmight of armsmilitary operations
Show 60 more words
minervamix it upnapoleonic warsodinopen hostilitiesopen waroppugnpaper warpeloponnesian warspersian warspolemicpunic warsquarrelquarrelingquarrelsomenessrassleresort to armsriotrun a tiltrussian revolutionrusso-japanese warscramblescrappingscuffleshed bloodshooting warsino-japanese warsix day warskirmishsoutheast asian warsparspill bloodsquabblingstate of warstrifestrivestruggletake onthe swordthrust and parrytilttiutotal wartourneytugtussletyrvietnam warwage warwar of wordswarfarewarmakingwarringwartimewodenwordsworld war iwotanwranglingwrestle
Noun(5 words)
Verb(2 words)
wage warwarray
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: warfare, all-out war, altercation, american revolution, appeal to arms.
- Sentence evidence is available for war, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "war".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "war"
Keep "war" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "war" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "war", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "war" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
11 entriesCollocations
11 entriesarmed conflictdeclare wargo to wargo to war againstpostwar periodwage warwar crimewar onwar strategywar withwartime production
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesmake peacepeace
Translations
373 translations across 257 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аибашьра noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Adyghe
1 entries- зао noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Afrikaans
1 entries- oorlog noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ainu
1 entries- ウコトゥミ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Alabama
1 entries- ittilbachoba noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Albanian
1 entries- luftë noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Amharic
1 entries- ጦርነት noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πόλεμος noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Arabic
4 entries- حرب noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- حرب noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- حَرْب noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- حَرْب noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Aragonese
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Aramaic
2 entries- פולמוס noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ܩܪܒܐ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Armenian
2 entries- կռիվ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- պատերազմ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Aromanian
1 entries- polim noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ashkun
1 entries- gaṇṭí noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Assamese
1 entries- যুদ্ধ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Asturian
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Avar
2 entries- кьал noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- рагъ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Aymara
1 entries- ch'axwa noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- müharibə noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- savaş noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Balinese
1 entries- perang noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Baluchi
1 entries- جنگ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Bashkir
1 entries- һуғыш noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Basque
1 entries- gerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Belarusian
1 entries- вайна́ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Bengali
2 entries- জঙ্গ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- যুদ্ধ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Bourguignon
2 entries- guârre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- gârre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Breton
1 entries- brezel noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Bulgarian
1 entries- война́ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Burmese
1 entries- စစ် noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Buryat
1 entries- дайн noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- во́йна noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Catalan
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Cebuano
1 entries- gubat noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- جهنگ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Chechen
1 entries- тӏом noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓᏃᏫ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Chinese
2 entries- җон noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- 戰爭 /战争 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 戰爭 /战争 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 仗 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- 戰爭 /战争 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Chiricahua
1 entries- dishbá noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Chukchi
2 entries- марав noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- мараквыргын noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Church Slavic
2 entries- воина noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- рать noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Chuvash
1 entries- вӑрҫӑ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Cornish
2 entries- bell noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- kas noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Corsican
2 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- verra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- cenk noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- muarebe noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Czech
3 entries- boj noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- vojna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- válka noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Danish
1 entries- krig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ހަނގުރާމަ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Dolgan
1 entries- һэрии noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Dutch
2 entries- krijg noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- oorlog noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Dzongkha
1 entries- དམག noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- сар noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Egyptian
1 entries- xrw-w-i-i-w-D40:Z2 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Elfdalian
1 entries- krig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Erzya
3 entries- ойна noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- торпинге noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- тюрема noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Esperanto
1 entries- milito noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Estonian
1 entries- sõda noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Even
1 entries- кусин noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Evenki
1 entries- кусин noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Fala
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Farefare
1 entries- zɛbrɛ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Faroese
1 entries- kríggj noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Fataluku
1 entries- funu noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Finnish
1 entries- sota noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
French
1 entries- guerre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Friulian
1 entries- vuere noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Fwâi
1 entries- paac noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Gagauz
1 entries- cenk noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Galician
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Georgian
1 entries- ომი noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
German
1 entries- Krieg noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Greek
1 entries- πόλεμος noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Greenlandic
1 entries- sorsunneq noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Gujarati
1 entries- યુદ્ધ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Hausa
1 entries- yaƙi noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִלְחָמָה noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Hindi
4 entries- जंग noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- युद्ध noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- लड़ाई noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- संग्राम noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Hungarian
1 entries- háború noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Hunsrik
2 entries- Kriegh noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- kriich noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ibanag
1 entries- gubat noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Icelandic
2 entries- stríð noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- styrjöld noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ido
1 entries- milito noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ifè
1 entries- ogu noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Igala
1 entries- ógwu noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ilocano
1 entries- gubat noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Indonesian
1 entries- perang noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ingush
1 entries- тӏом noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Interlingua
2 entries- bello noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- جَنْگ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- حَرْب noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- مُحارِبِه noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- پادْرَزْم noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Irish
1 entries- cogadh noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Isnag
1 entries- xubat noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Istriot
1 entries- gueira noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Italian
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Japanese
2 entries- 戦 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- 戦争 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Jarai
1 entries- blah ngă noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Javanese
1 entries- perang noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Jawe
1 entries- paac noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Jeju
1 entries- 전장 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Jingpho
1 entries- maijan noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kabardian
1 entries- зауэ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kalmyk
1 entries- дәән noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kannada
1 entries- ಯುದ್ಧ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Karelian
2 entries- soda noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- voinu noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Karok
1 entries- vathivraam noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kashmiri
3 entries- جَنٛگ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- لَڑٲے noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- یۄد noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kashubian
1 entries- wòjna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kazakh
1 entries- соғыс noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ket
1 entries- каль noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Khmer
2 entries- ចំបាំង noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- សង្គ្រាម noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- война noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- тыш noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Korean
1 entries- 전쟁 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kumyk
1 entries- дав noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- согуш noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- уруш noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ladin
1 entries- viera noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ladino
2 entries- gerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- גירה noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Lao
1 entries- ສົງຄາມ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Latgalian
2 entries- kars noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- vaidi noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Latin
4 entries- arma noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- bellum noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- duellum noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Latvian
1 entries- karš noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Laz
1 entries- ჯენგი noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Lezgi
1 entries- дяве noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Lingala
1 entries- etumba noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Lithuanian
2 entries- karas noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- karionė noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Livonian
1 entries- suodā noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Low German
1 entries- Orlog noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wójna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Luba-Kasai
1 entries- mvita noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Lun Bawang
1 entries- farang noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Krich noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Lü
1 entries- ᦉᦳᧂᦩᦱᧄ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Macedonian
1 entries- во́јна noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Malagasy
1 entries- ady noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Malay
3 entries- harab noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- peperangan noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- perang noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Malayalam
1 entries- യുദ്ധം noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Maltese
1 entries- gwerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡩᠠᡳᠨ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Manx
1 entries- caggey noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Marathi
1 entries- युद्ध noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Middle French
1 entries- guerre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ლიმა noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Moksha
2 entries- война noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- торпинге noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Mongo
1 entries- etumba noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Mongolian
2 entries- дайн noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠨ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Moore
1 entries- zabre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Muong
1 entries- lãl tãn noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Mwani
1 entries- vita noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Mòcheno
1 entries- kriag noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Māori
2 entries- pakanga noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- whawhai noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Nahuatl
1 entries- yaoyotl noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Navajo
1 entries- anaaʼ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Neapolitan
1 entries- uerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Nemi
1 entries- paac noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Nepali
1 entries- युद्ध noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- nkodo noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Norman
4 entries- dgèrre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- djère noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guère noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- gyer noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
North Frisian
3 entries- Krich noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- krich noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- orl noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Northern Altai
2 entries- дьу noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- дьыг noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- ceng noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- şer noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- şerr noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Northern Sami
1 entries- soahti noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- krig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- krig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Occitan
1 entries- guèrra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Odia
1 entries- ଯୁଦ୍ଧ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- воина noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Old English
1 entries- ġewinn noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Old French
2 entries- guere noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guerre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Old Occitan
2 entries- gerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Old Spanish
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Olukumi
1 entries- ogun noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Oromo
1 entries- waraana noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ossetian
1 entries- хӕст noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صاواش noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- محاربه noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Pali
1 entries- yuddha noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- война noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Papiamentu
1 entries- guera noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Pashto
4 entries- جنګ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- جګړه noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- حرب noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- محاربه noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Pije
1 entries- paac noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kjrich noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Polabian
1 entries- krig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Polish
1 entries- wojna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Portuguese
1 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Punjabi
4 entries- لڑائی noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ਜੰਗ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ਲਾਮ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ਲੜਾਈ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Romanian
2 entries- răzbel noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- război noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Romansch
4 entries- ghera noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- gueara noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- uiara noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Russian
1 entries- война́ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Samoan
1 entries- taua noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sango
1 entries- tumba noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sanskrit
2 entries- युद्धम् noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- संग्राम noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sardinian
1 entries- gherra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Saterland Frisian
2 entries- Kriech noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- Oorloch noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Scots
1 entries- war noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cogadh noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rȁt noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- vȏjna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- во̑јна noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ра̏т noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sherpa
1 entries- དམག noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sicilian
3 entries- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- uerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- verra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Silesian
1 entries- wojna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sindhi
1 entries- جَنگِ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sinhalese
1 entries- යුද්ධය noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- väinn noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Slovak
1 entries- vojna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Slovene
1 entries- vojna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Somali
2 entries- dagal noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- xarbi noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Southern Altai
4 entries- согыш noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- уруш noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- јуу noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- јуу-чак noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Spanish
4 entries- belicoso noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- bélico noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guerra noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guerrero noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sudovian
1 entries- karas noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Swahili
1 entries- vita noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Swedish
1 entries- krig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tabasaran
1 entries- дяви noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tagalog
3 entries- digmaan noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- gera noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- giyera noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tahitian
1 entries- tamai noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tajik
3 entries- муҳориба noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ҳарб noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ҷанг noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tamil
2 entries- போர் noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- யுத்தம் noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tarifit
1 entries- amenɣi noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tatar
1 entries- сугыш noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Telugu
1 entries- యుద్ధం noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tetum
1 entries- funu noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Thai
1 entries- สงคราม noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tibetan
1 entries- དམག་འཁྲུག noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tigrinya
2 entries- ኩናት noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ውግእ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tlingit
2 entries- adawóotl noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ḵulagaaw noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tongan
1 entries- tau noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tupinambá
1 entries- marana noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Turkish
4 entries- cenk noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- harp noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- muharebe noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- savaş noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Turkmen
2 entries- söweş noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- uruş noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Tuvan
1 entries- дайын noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Udmurt
1 entries- война noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎎𐎍𐎈𐎎𐎚 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Ukrainian
1 entries- війна́ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Unami
1 entries- xinkwi mahtakhatin noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wójna noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Urdu
4 entries- جَن٘گ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- حَرْب noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- مُحارَبَہ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- یُدھ noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۇرۇش noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Uzbek
4 entries- harb noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- jang noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- muhoraba noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- urush noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Venetan
1 entries- guera noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Veps
1 entries- soda noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chiến tranh noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Volapük
2 entries- klig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- krig noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Võro
1 entries- sõda noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Walloon
4 entries- dgère noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- djérre noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guere noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- guère noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Welsh
1 entries- rhyfel noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
West-Frisian
2 entries- kriich noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- oarloch noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Western Apache
1 entries- nawołkaadi noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Wolof
2 entries- geer noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- xare noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 戰爭 /战争 noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Xhosa
1 entries- imfazwe noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- ҷанг noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Yakut
2 entries- сэрии noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- сэриилэһии noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Yiddish
2 entries- מלחמה noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- קריג noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Yoruba
2 entries- ogun noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- ìjà noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Zande
1 entries- vura noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Zazaki
3 entries- herb (diq) noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- lej mceng (diq) noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
- lez (diq) noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Zhuang
1 entries- cancwngh noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Zulu
1 entries- impi noun (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Sample sentences
49 total sentences available.
The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
Source: tatoeba (1936)
Even now, many years after the Cold War, there is still much rancor between the Russians and the Germans, especially in areas once occupied by the Soviet Union.
Source: tatoeba (1968)
The statue of the Minute Man commemorates the valiant soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Source: tatoeba (2001)
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "war"?
Closest matches include warfare, all-out war, altercation, american revolution, appeal to arms.
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