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Definitions for War

[1] a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
[2] a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other.
[3] a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812.
[4] armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed conflict: War is the soldier's business.
[5] active hostility or contention; conflict; contest: a war of words.
[6] aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors: a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations.
[7] a struggle to achieve a goal: the war on cancer; a war against poverty; a war for hearts and minds.
[8] Cards . a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up cards match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second turn taking all the cards laid down. an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match.
[9] Archaic . a battle.
[10] to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation.
[11] to carry on active hostility or contention: Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption.
[12] to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition: The temptation warred with his conscience.
[13] of, belonging to, used in, or due to war: war preparations; war hysteria.
[14] worse.
[15] warrant.
[16] open armed conflict between two or more parties, nations, or states Related adjectives: belligerent, martial
[17] a particular armed conflict the 1973 war in the Middle East
[18] the techniques of armed conflict as a study, science, or profession
[19] any conflict or contest a war of wits ; the war against crime
[20] (modifier) of, relating to, resulting from, or characteristic of war a war hero ; war damage ; a war story
[21] to have had a good war to have made the most of the opportunities presented to one during wartime
[22] in the wars informal (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
[23] (intr) to conduct a war
[24] Warwickshire

Words related to War

warfare, combat, hostility, fighting, strife, strike, struggle, battle, conflict, bloodshed, differ, enmity, contention, contest, hostilities, contend, shoot, shell, attempt, clash

Words nearby War

wapentake, wapiti, wappenshaw, wapperjaw, wapsipinicon, war, war and peace, war baby, war between the states, war bonnet, war bride

Origin of War

21150–1200; Middle English werre < Old Norse verri worse

Words that may be confused with War

war, wore

Word origin for War

C12: from Old Northern French werre (variant of Old French guerre ), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German werra

Synonyms for War

battle, bloodshed, combat, conflict, fighting, hostility, strife, strike, struggle, warfare, contention, contest, enmity, hostilities, cold war, police action