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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | misunderstanding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument, fight |
| Synonyms: | bad vibes, blowup, breach, break, clash, conflict, crossed wires, debate, difference, difficulty, disagreement, discord, dissension, falling-out, feud, fuss, quarrel, rift, row, run-in, rupture, set-to, sour note, spat, squabble, tiff, variance, words |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concord, concurrence, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | nonconformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, behavior different from most |
| Synonyms: | bohemianism, breach, contumaciousness, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, discordance, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, insubordination, lawlessness, mutinousness, negation, nonacceptance, nonagreement, noncompliance, nonconsent, objection, opposition, originality, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, rejection, strangeness, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness, veto, violation |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | problem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty; bad situation |
| Synonyms: | botheration, box*, can of worms, complication, count*, crunch, dilemma, disagreement, dispute, disputed point, doubt, headache, hitch*, hot water, issue, mess*, obstacle, pickle, point at issue, predicament, quandary, question, scrape*, squeeze*, trouble, worriment |
| Antonyms: | good situation, solution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference of opinion |
| Synonyms: | alienation, breach, break, clash, disagreement, division, estrangement, falling out, misunderstanding, quarrel, rupture, schism, separation, split |
| Antonyms: | agreement, concordance |
| Main Entry: | schism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separation |
| Synonyms: | alienation, break, breakup, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, disunion, division, divorce, faction, fissure, fracture, gap, parting, rift, rupture, secession, splinter group, split |
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle, brawl, broil, disagreement, dispute, fracas, fray, quarrel, row, scuffle, set-to, squabble, tiff, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, engagement, feud, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, melee, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run-in, scrap*, scuffle, strife, tiff, tussle, war |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, quarrel |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef, bickering, brouhaha, conflict, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, dissension, embroilment, falling-out, feud, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff, misunderstanding, row, rumpus, run-in, squabble, strife, tiff, words |
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