conflict

conflict is a 8-letter English word with 14 senses as verb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. verb. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
2. verb. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
3. intransitive verb. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
4. intransitive verb. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
5. intransitive verb. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
6. noun. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

   "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"

   "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

   Synonyms: battle, engagement, fight

7. noun. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)--Thomas Paine

   "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"

   "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

   Synonyms: battle, struggle

8. noun. an incompatibility of dates or events

   "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"

9. noun. a disagreement or argument about something important

   "he had a dispute with his wife"

   "there were irreconcilable differences"

   Synonyms: difference, dispute

10. noun. opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

    "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"

11. noun. opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

    "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"

12. noun. a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

    "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"

    "a conflict of loyalties"

13. verb. go against, as of rules and laws

    "He ran afoul of the law"

    "This behavior conflicts with our rules"

    Synonyms: contravene, infringe

14. verb. be in conflict

    "The two proposals conflict!"

Synonyms

battle, engagement, fight, struggle, difference, dispute, contravene, infringe

Common word forms

conflicts, conflicted, conflictful, conflicting, conflictless

Words from these letters

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