Synonyms for friction
ˈfrɪk ʃənfric·tion

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1. friction

   Synonyms:
   rubbing, grating, attrition, abrasion, contact

   Antonyms:
   lubrication, detachment, isolation, noncontact

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1. clash, frictionnoun

   a state of conflict between persons

   Synonyms:
   clangour, encounter, rubbing, detrition, clank, skirmish, brush, clangoring, crash, clangor, clash, clang

2. friction, rubbingnoun

   the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

   Synonyms:
   rubbing, detrition, clash

3. friction, detrition, rubbingnoun

   effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

   Synonyms:
   corrasion, abrasion, rubbing, detrition, attrition, clash, grinding

Matched Categories

1. • Conflict
   • Resistance

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1. frictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   attrition, abrasion, confrication, rubbing

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1. frictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   abrasion, attrition, confrication, rubbing, clashing, disagreement

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1. List of paraphrases for "friction":

   rubbing, abrasion, sticking, tension

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1. List of known nicknames for "Friction":

   Friction (DnB), Ed Keeley, Friction, DJ

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1. Mujtaba Rahman:

   It's hard to see the substance of the customs proposal working for the EU side. It creates regulatory friction with Britain and customs friction with the EU.

2. The President:

   It seems to me to be an odd thing to say at this point in the process, she's not in The President jurisdiction. She's in Canadian jurisdiction. Intervening in the process means he would talk to [ Canadian Prime Minister Justin ] Trudeau, who has said more than once the normal judicial process will go ahead. It just creates another point of friction with Canada.

3. Gavin Hayes:

   That friction builds up and builds up and eventually the strain that’s stored there overcomes the friction, and that’s when the fault moves suddenly. That’s what an earthquake is.

4. Beth Kindig:

   Getting rid of that user friction... in the tech world, it's kind of the holy grail.

5. James Rodriguez:

   We all know they have good players but I think it’s going to be 50-50 because Colombia also play, that’s why it will be a nice match, i think it’s obvious that in these three (group) matches I had little room, they were tight matches, intense, with a lot of friction and with little space I can’t play much.