Synonyms for altercation
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Brawl — an angry or heated dispute
brawl, dispute, quarrel, disagreement, squabble, controversy, debate, falling-out, feud, spat, fight, strife, clash, contention, conflict, argument, tiff informal, wrangle, row, bickering, dissension, disputation
Definitions
- n. 1
An angry or heated dispute.
to get into an altercation over (something)
- n. 2
An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.
Related words
- Word family
- altercate
Forms
- Plural
- altercations → brawls, disputes, quarrels, disagreements…
Example sentences
- dispute Go is a game of dispute and conquest of territory.
- disagreement Tom intervened in his coworkers' disagreement.
- brawl Sami and Farid had a brawl right before Christmas.
- quarrel The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| altercation | rising | |
| dispute | steady | |
| disagreement | falling | |
| brawl | rising | |
| quarrel | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- row1
- 4 letters
- feud1, spat1, tiff1
- 5 letters
- fight1, clash1, brawl1
- 6 letters
- debate2, strife1, fracas2, affray
- 7 letters
- dispute2, quarrel2, wrangle2
- 8 letters
- conflict2, argument3, squabble2
- 9 letters
- bickering3
- 10 letters
- contention3, dissension3
- 11 letters
- controversy4, disputation4
- 12 letters
- disagreement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (debate2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- altercation
- Español
- altercación
- Català
- altercació