Synonyms: conflict, battle, engagement, fight
Definition: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Usage: Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga; he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
Similar words: action, military action
Definition: a military engagement
Usage: he saw action in Korea
Synonyms: battle, struggle, conflict
Definition: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
Usage: the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph--Thomas Paine; police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Similar words: group action
Definition: action taken by a group of people
Synonyms: conflict
Definition: an incompatibility of dates or events
Usage: he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings
Similar words: incompatibility
Definition: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
Synonyms: conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute
Definition: a disagreement or argument about something important
Usage: he had a dispute with his wife; there were irreconcilable differences; the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
Similar words: disagreement
Definition: the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
Synonyms: conflict
Definition: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
Usage: he was immobilized by conflict and indecision
Similar words: ambivalence, ambivalency
Definition: mixed feelings or emotions
Synonyms: conflict
Definition: opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
Usage: this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing
Similar words: oppositeness, opposition
Definition: the relation between opposed entities
Synonyms: conflict
Definition: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
Usage: his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post; a conflict of loyalties
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Synonyms: infringe, run afoul, conflict, contravene
Definition: go against, as of rules and laws
Usage: He ran afoul of the law; This behavior conflicts with our rules
Similar words: go against, infract, offend, breach, break, transgress, violate
Definition: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Usage: offend all laws of humanity; violate the basic laws or human civilization; break a law; break a promise
Synonyms: conflict
Definition: be in conflict
Usage: The two proposals conflict!
Similar words: counterpoint, contrast
Definition: to show differences when compared; be different
Usage: the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities