Antonyms for conflict
kənˈflɪkt; ˈkɒn flɪktcon·flict

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1. conflict

   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.

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

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

   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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. conflict

   Antonyms:
   reconciliation, pacification, amity, arbitration

   Synonyms:
   encounter, engagement, contest, battle, fight, combat

Matched Categories

1. • Ambivalence
   • Contrast
   • Group Action
   • Incompatibility
   • Military
   • Military Action
   • Opposition
   • State

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.2 / 5 votes

1. conflict, struggle, battlenoun

   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, battle, difference of opinion, fight, dispute, engagement, difference

2. conflictnoun

   opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

   "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"

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

3. 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:
   fight, competitiveness, troth, engagement, fighting, booking, difference, struggle, mesh, interlocking, betrothal, battle, involution, difference of opinion, participation, employment, dispute, scrap, appointment, meshing, involvement, combat, date

4. conflictnoun

   a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

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

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

5. conflictnoun

   an incompatibility of dates or events

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

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

6. conflictnoun

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

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

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

7. dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflictverb

   a disagreement or argument about something important

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

   Synonyms:
   divergence, struggle, battle, difference of opinion, fight, dispute, remainder, contravention, deviation, departure, engagement, difference

8. conflictverb

   be in conflict

   "The two proposals conflict!"

   Synonyms:
   contravene, run afoul, infringe

9. conflict, run afoul, infringe, contraveneverb

   go against, as of rules and laws

   "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"

   Synonyms:
   infringe, encroach, run afoul, contravene, impinge, negate, contradict

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1. conflictnoun

   Synonyms:
   clashing, antagonism, encounter, opposition, battle, struggle, strife, skirmish, contest, combat, affray, fray, scrimmage

2. conflictverb

   Synonyms:
   clash, interfere, collide, be contradictory

How to use conflict in a sentence?

1. Sherif Elsayed-Ali:

   To not even allow entry to people who are fleeing a conflict zone with serious injuries because they don't have ID papers shows a chilling lack of compassion and appalling disregard for their rights to health and life.

2. Tim Huxley:

   As their capabilities in the maritime space expand, it means the range and lethality of (Southeast Asian) strike forces will also increase, if there is a confrontation and it escalates, there is a potential for a more lethal conflict.

3. Theodore Roosevelt:

   My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.

4. Drew Thompson:

   Honestly, this isn't a good time for Xi Jinping to provoke a military conflict right before the 20th party congress. It's in Xi Jinping's interest to manage this rationally and not instigate a crisis on top of all the other crises Xi Jinping has to deal with.

5. Tom Hopkins:

   Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in conflict with yourself.

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