Synonyms for battle
ˈbæt lbat·tle

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1. battle

   Conflict is a general word which describes opponents, whether individuals or hosts, as dashed together. One continuous conflict between entire armies is a battle. Another battle may be fought upon the same field after a considerable interval; or a new battle may follow immediately, the armies meeting upon a new field. An action is brief and partial; a battle may last for days. Engagement is a somewhat formal expression for battle; as, it was the commander's purpose to avoid a general engagement. A protracted war, including many battles, may be a stubborn contest. Combat, originally a hostile encounter between individuals, is now used also for extensive engagements. A skirmish is between small detachments or scattered troops. An encounter may be either purposed or accidental, between individuals or armed forces. Fight is a word of less dignity than battle; we should not ordinarily speak of Waterloo as a fight, unless where the word is used in the sense of fighting; as, I was in the thick of the fight.

   Synonyms:
   action, affair, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, passage of arms, skirmish, strife

   Antonyms:
   armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, truce

   Preposition:
   A battle of giants; battle between armies; a battle for life, against invaders; a battle to the death; the battle of (more rarely at) Marathon.

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1. battle

   Synonyms:
   fight, conflict, contest, combat, engagement, encounter, action

   Antonyms:
   peace, truce, pacification, arbitrament, council, mediation

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1. battle, conflict, fight, engagementnoun

   a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

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

   Synonyms:
   conflict, fight, competitiveness, troth, engagement, fighting, booking, difference, struggle, mesh, interlocking, betrothal, involution, difference of opinion, participation, employment, dispute, scrap, appointment, meshing, involvement, combat, date

2. struggle, battlenoun

   an energetic attempt to achieve something

   "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"

   Synonyms:
   fight, struggle, conflict, engagement

3. conflict, struggle, battleverb

   an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

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

   Synonyms:
   struggle, difference of opinion, conflict, fight, dispute, engagement, difference

4. battle, combatverb

   battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

   "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

   Synonyms:
   combat

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1. battlenoun

   Synonyms:
   combat, engagement, action, conflict, contest, fight, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush, affair

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1. battlenoun

   Synonyms:
   engagement, fight, encounter, skirmish, contest, combat, tournament, strife

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1. List of paraphrases for "battle":

   fight, struggle, bataille, combat, fighting, battlefield, battles, battaglia, tactical, war, shootout, batlle, patel, battlefields, warfare, battleground, clash, firefight

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1. Associated Press:

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3. Tina Gilbertson:

   Airing your grievances is only half the battle when it comes to feeling better, make sure someone validates the emotions behind each grievance, or do this for yourself. For example, if you say,' I hate feeling trapped at home,' give it a response like,' Yes ! It's terrible to feel trapped at home.' Every grievance needs a compassionate witness to be healing.

4. Sonia Sotomayor:

   That's why I can be friends with Justice Clarence Thomas and still continue our daily battle over our differences of opinions in cases, you really can't begin to understand an adversary unless you step away from looking at their views as motivated in bad faith.

5. Rickie Fowler:

   We'll take the underdog spot but — when that day comes, basically it's a toss-up on who's got the hot putter, and could be just a battle throughout the day, we're going to go tee it up and try and beat up on each other as bad as possible but have some fun.