Battle (Noun)

Meaning ¹

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".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Engagement
• Conflict
• Fight

Hypernyms

• Action

Hyponyms

• Armed Combat

Related Words

• Battle (verb)

Meaning ²

An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Struggle
• Conflict

Hypernyms

• Group Action

Hyponyms

• Class Struggle
• Insurrection
• Pacification
• Fighting
• Tug-of-war
• Fight
• Uprising
• Warfare
• Feud
• Counterinsurgency
• Turf War
• Class War
• Strife
• War
• Rebellion
• Scrap
• Rising

Related Words

• Battle (verb)

Meaning ³

An energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Struggle

Hypernyms

• Endeavour
• Endeavor
• Try
• Attempt

Hyponyms

• Scramble
• Duel
• Joust