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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | engage in physical encounter |
| Synonyms: | altercate, assault, attack, bandy with, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, brush with, buck, carry on war, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, flare up, go to war, grapple, joust, meet, mix it up, oppugn, ply weapons, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, tiff, tilt, traverse, tug, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | fray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, battle |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, clash, combat, conflict, contest, disturbance, donnybrook, engagement, fracas, melee, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, rumble, rumpus, scuffle, set-to |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | free-for-all |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, fracas, fray, knock-down-drag-out, melee, riot, row, ruction |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imbroglio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misunderstanding; fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, bickering, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out, flack, involvement, knock-down-drag-out, miff, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in, soap opera, spat, squabble |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peacemaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, brush, clash, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, knock-down-drag-out, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, to-do, tussle, words |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | merriment/merrymaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enjoyment, amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla*, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, argument, battle royal, beef, bickering, brannigan, brawl, breach, broil, catfight, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disapproval, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disturbance, dust*, falling-out, feud, fight, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, misunderstanding, objection, rhubarb, row, ruckus*, run-in, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, tumult, vendetta, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue, battle, be at loggerheads, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out, feud, fight, find fault, get tough with, hassle, have it out, have words, lock horns, mix it up, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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