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conflict

[kuhn-flikt, kon-flikt] / kənˈflɪkt, ˈkɒn flɪkt /
NOUN
fight, warfare
Synonyms
STRONGEST
battle clash combat competition rivalry strife struggle war
STRONG
collision contention contest emulation encounter engagement fracas fray set-to striving tug-of-war
Antonyms
STRONGEST
peace truce
STRONG
agreement calm harmony surrender
WEAK
accord concord stability
NOUN
disagreement, discord
Synonyms
STRONGEST
animosity competition difference dispute friction hostility strife
STRONG
affray antagonism brush contention contest dance disaccord dissension dissent dissidence disunity faction flap fray fuss hassle interference meeting opposition row ruckus run-in set-to variance
WEAK
bad blood concours divided loyalties factionalism
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreement
STRONG
approval authorization calm concurrence harmony peace ratification sympathy
WEAK
accord concord stability
VERB
be at odds
Synonyms
STRONGEST
differ disagree disturb vary
STRONG
brawl clash collide combat contend contest contrast disaccord discord disharmonize fight interfere jar mismatch oppose romp scrap slug strive struggle tangle
WEAK
bump heads with cross swords with lock horns with run against tide square off with
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agree consent harmonize
STRONG
aid assist give up help make peace retreat support surrender yield
WEAK
be calm

Example Sentences

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Official data released for March have so far shown that the U.S. economy held up reasonably well during the opening weeks of the conflict.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

If we can’t critique economic objectives without attacking a neighbor’s ethnicity, we aren’t preventing a pattern of conflict; we’re starting a new one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The United States has already used a wide variety of military capabilities in the conflict to strike thousands of targets in Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo War, the 82-year-old's choral work from 2000 reflects on the devastation of conflict while expressing hope for peace.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Pain, shame, ire, impatience, disgust, detestation, seemed momentarily to hold a quivering conflict in the large pupil dilating under his ebon eyebrow.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë