Synonyms for fighting

Most common

war · combat · warfare · strife

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Adjective

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.

2. adj. 1

   Engaged in war or other conflict.

3. adj. 2

   Apt to provoke a fight.

   Them's fighting words in my country!

Related words

Word family

fightingly

Phrases

fighting chance fighting hole armored combat fighting fighting cock fighting irons fighting stick go down fighting

Forms

Plural

fightings → combats, wars, warfares, strifes…

Example sentences

• war The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
• combat There is nothing like reality to combat illusions.
• warfare The two countries are engaged in biological warfare.
• strife This is nothing other than stirring up ethnic strife.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

war¹

5 letters

scrap¹

6 letters

active², combat², strife¹

7 letters

warfare², quarrel²

8 letters

militant³

9 letters

hostility⁴

10 letters

contention³, pugnacious³

11 letters

belligerent⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (active² = 2 syllables).