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clash
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
clash • noun 1. the clash of cymbals synonyms : striking, bang, clang, crash, clatter, clank. See clash verb 1. 2. the clash of the opposing sides synonyms : conflict, collision, confrontation, brush, warring...
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conflict
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...squabble, disagreement, dissension, clash; discord, friction, strife, antagonism...his business and domestic life synonyms : clash, incompatibility, incongruity, friction...interests sometimes conflict synonyms : clash, be incompatible, vary, be at odds...
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fight
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...up arms, be a soldier; engage, meet, clash, skirmish. 3. a war fought...match, struggle, scuffle, altercation, clash, disturbance; fisticuffs; informal scrap...Russia synonyms : battle, engagement, clash, conflict, struggle; war, campaign...
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skirmish
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...a skirmish synonyms : fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, engagement, fray...opinion, falling-out, dispute, blowup, clash, altercation; informal tiff, spat...with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with.
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dispute
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...squabble, falling-out, disagreement, difference of opinion, clash, wrangle; informal tiff, spat, blowup, scrap, row, rhubarb...debate, discuss, exchange views; quarrel, argue, disagree, clash, fall out, wrangle, bicker, squabble; informal have words...
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struggle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...struggle synonyms : conflict, fight, battle, confrontation, clash, skirmish; hostilities, fighting, war, warfare, campaign...within the leadership synonyms : contest, competition, fight, clash; rivalry, friction, feuding, conflict, tug-of-war...
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battle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...was killed in the battle synonyms : fight, armed conflict, clash, struggle, skirmish, engagement, fray, duel; war, campaign...xA0; 2. a battle at the office synonyms : conflict, clash, contest, competition, struggle, turf war; disagreement...
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disagree
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...with, debate with, argue with, quarrel with, wrangle with, clash with, be at loggerheads with, cross swords with, lock horns...different, vary, diverge; contradict each other, conflict, clash, contrast. 3. the spicy food disagreed with her...
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joust
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
joust • verb knights jousted with lances synonyms : tourney; fight, spar, clash; historical tilt. • noun a medieval joust synonyms : tournament, tourney; combat, contest, fight, battle, clash; historical tilt.
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collision
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...collision in the passing lane synonyms : crash, accident, impact, smash, bump, hit, fender bender, wreck, pileup. 2. a collision between two ideas synonyms : conflict, clash; disagreement, incompatibility, contradiction.
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