Thesaurus / war
FEEDBACKHow to use war in a sentence
In a distant, war-torn land, there were 13 castles — three more than the usual 10 from prior battles.
CAN YOU REACH THE SUMMIT FIRST?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSSEPTEMBER 11, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTMuch of Silicon Valley, in a hyperbolically named “war for talent,” followed suit.
THE COMPLAINTS OF THE ENTITLED WORKERS OF SILICON VALLEYADAM LASHINSKYSEPTEMBER 8, 2020FORTUNEWhen the war ended, however, those ceilings were lifted, and unsurprisingly the price of meat skyrocketed.
WHY MEAT COULD BE TOP OF MIND FOR VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONJAKEMETHSEPTEMBER 5, 2020FORTUNEMulan’s elderly father is being called away to war, and he has no son to go in his place.
THE HISTORY OF MULAN, FROM A 6TH-CENTURY BALLAD TO THE LIVE-ACTION DISNEY MOVIECONSTANCE GRADYSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOXBaggott doesn’t end the fight but puts it in context by digging up the family feuds which started the war.
YOUR GUIDE TO THE MANY MEANINGS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS - FACTS SO ROMANTICSABINE HOSSENFELDERSEPTEMBER 3, 2020NAUTILUSSo the next natural step was a price war and the cost of data plunged to the equivalent of maybe a few cents.
PODCAST: HOW A 135-YEAR-OLD LAW LETS INDIA SHUTDOWN THE INTERNETANTHONY GREENSEPTEMBER 2, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThat program, which came together in just two weeks, will make a good war story, Leaf Group svp of advertising and brand partnerships Jay Ku said.
‘NOTHING QUITE LIKE BEING FORCED’: PUBLISHERS WHIP UP QUICKER, CHEAPER AD PRODUCTS FOR ADVERTISERSMAX WILLENSAUGUST 27, 2020DIGIDAYMore than half the men elected to the American presidency have either had distinguished military records or led the country successfully in a war.
WHY FEMALE LEADERS ARE FARING BETTER THAN ‘WARTIME PRESIDENTS’ AGAINST COVID-19MATTHEWHEIMERAUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNEMoreover, in the streaming wars, subscription sign-ups are not as valuable as renewals.
‘THEY GOT THE MEMO’: QUIBI CHANGES TONE, TACT AFTER FAILED DEBUTTIM PETERSONAUGUST 12, 2020DIGIDAYSome already are, as evidenced by the leaders at NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia as well as Discovery’s preparations to enter the streaming wars.
TV NETWORKS BEGIN TO SIGNAL WILLINGNESS TO PRIORITIZE STREAMING OVER LINEARTIM PETERSONJULY 29, 2020DIGIDAYWORDS RELATED TO WAR
- action
- affray
- altercation
- argument
- battle
- battle royal
- bout
- brawl
- broil
- brush
- clash
- combat
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- contest
- controversy
- difficulty
- disagreement
- dispute
- dissension
- dogfight
- duel
- engagement
- exchange
- feud
- fisticuffs
- fracas
- fray
- free-for-all
- fuss
- hostility
- joust
- match
- melee
- quarrel
- riot
- rivalry
- round
- row
- ruckus
- rumble
- scrap
- scrimmage
- scuffle
- set-to
- skirmish
- sparring match
- strife
- struggle
- tiff
- to-do
- tussle
- war
- wrangling
- altercate
- assault
- attack
- bandy with
- battle
- bear arms
- bicker
- box
- brawl
- brush with
- buck
- carry on war
- challenge
- clash
- contend
- cross swords
- dispute
- do battle
- duel
- exchange blows
- feud
- flare-up
- go to war
- grapple
- joust
- meet
- mix it up
- oppugn
- ply weapons
- protect
- quarrel
- repel
- resist
- rowdy
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- take all comers
- take the field
- take up the gauntlet
- tiff
- tilt
- traverse
- tug
- tussle
- wage war
- war
- withstand
- wrangle
- wrestle
- argument
- battle royal
- beef
- bloodshed
- blowup
- bout
- brannigan
- brawling
- brush
- combat
- conflict
- contention
- dispute
- donnybrook
- exchange
- flap
- fracas
- free-for-all
- go
- hassle
- hell broke loose
- hostility
- joust
- match
- melee
- mix
- punch out
- riot
- rough-and-tumble
- roughhouse
- row
- rowdy
- rumble
- rumpus
- run-in
- scramble
- scrap
- scrimmage
- scuffle
- set-to
- spat
- strife
- struggle
- tiff
- war
- warfare
- words
- wrangle
- argued
- bickered
- bucked
- buckled down
- carried on
- combated
- conducted
- contested
- continued
- defied
- disputed
- effected
- endured
- engaged in
- exerted oneself
- fell out
- forced
- furthered
- hammered away
- hassled
- lay into
- light into
- made a stand against
- maintained
- opposed
- persevered
- persisted
- prosecuted
- pushed forward
- put up an argument
- repelled
- resisted
- rowed
- spared no effort
- squabbled
- stood up to
- strove
- struggled
- supported
- tangled with
- toiled on
- took on
- took pains
- travailed
- traversed
- upheld
- waged
- withstood
- wrangled
- action
- antinomy
- antithesis
- aversion
- brush
- civil disobedience
- clash
- combat
- competition
- con
- conflict
- confronting
- contention
- contest
- contradistinction
- contraposition
- contrariety
- counteraction
- counterattack
- defense
- defiance
- disapproval
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- fray
- grapple
- hostility
- negativism
- obstructiveness
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- prevention
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resistance
- rivalry
- skirmish
- strife
- struggle
- unfriendliness
- violation
- war
- warfare
- action
- antagonism
- antinomy
- antithesis
- aversion
- brush
- civil disobedience
- clash
- combat
- competition
- con
- conflict
- confronting
- contention
- contest
- contradiction
- contradistinction
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrariness
- counteraction
- counterattack
- defense
- defiance
- disapproval
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- fray
- grapple
- hostility
- negativism
- obstructiveness
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- prevention
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resistance
- rivalry
- skirmish
- strife
- struggle
- unfriendliness
- violation
- war
- warfare
- abhorrence
- aggression
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- aversion
- bad blood
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerency
- bitterness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- grudge
- hatred
- hostility
- ill will
- inimicality
- malevolence
- malice
- militance
- militancy
- opposition
- pugnacity
- rancor
- resentment
- spite
- spleen
- truculence
- truculency
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- war
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.