Word

conflict, n.
(conflicts)
freq. cnt. 18

an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6

battle conflict struggle

sample sentences

"the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine
"police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

struggle

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

battle

semantic pointers

hypernym

group action

hyponym

class struggle, class war, class warfare rebellion, revolt, insurrection, uprising, rising pacification, counterinsurgency strife tug-of-war turf war fighting, fight, combat, scrap feud war, warfare

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 104 freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

battle conflict engagement fight

sample sentences

"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
"he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

battle

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fight

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

engage

semantic pointers

hypernym

action, military action

part holonym

war, warfare

domain of synset (topic)

armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine

hyponym

Armageddon pitched battle naval battle combat, armed combat dogfight assault

instance hyponym

Battle of Britain Drogheda

opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
<noun.feeling> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

conflict

sample sentences

"he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conflict

semantic pointers

hypernym

ambivalence, ambivalency

an incompatibility of dates or events
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

conflict

sample sentences

"he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conflict

semantic pointers

hypernym

incompatibility

a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

conflict

sample sentences

"his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"
"a conflict of loyalties"

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derivationally related form

conflict conflict

semantic pointers

hypernym

state

hyponym

friction, clash clash disagreement, dissension, dissonance

a disagreement or argument about something important
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

conflict difference difference of opinion dispute

sample sentences

"he had a dispute with his wife"
"there were irreconcilable differences"
"the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

disputatious dispute dispute

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

differ

semantic pointers

hypernym

disagreement

hyponym

collision argument, controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing gap row, quarrel, wrangle, words, run-in, dustup

opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
<noun.relation>

conflict

sample sentences

"this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"

semantic pointers

hypernym

opposition, oppositeness