Conflict

Noun

 * 1) A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals.
 * 2) An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

Verb

 * 1)  To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
 * 2)  To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

Adjectives for Conflict
triumphant; gigantic; stupendous; long; arduous; amorous; constant; eternal; ceaseless; sensational; heroic; dramatic; deliberate; determined; serious; severe; sharp; irrepressible; terrible; bitter; wasteful; violent; fierce; wanton; emotional; moral; general; visible; notorious; open; direct; external; coming; local; unfortunate; inevitable; sanguinary; approaching; irreconcilable; internal; civilized; irritating; unexpected; enormous; hopeless; impending; obstinate; fighting; deadly; desperate; immediate; disastrous; conscientious; earnest; class; bloody; obvious; unrelenting; savage; decisive; fiery; trying; mental; territorial; genial; protracted; brutal; decorous; tragic; linguistic; hopeless; commercial; hideous; armed; tumultuous; selfish; subjective; periodic; uncertain ; psychic; intestinal.

Verbs for Conflict
avert—; avoid—; draw into—; elude—; end—; engage m—; experience—; explode in—; foment—; precipitate—; prolong—; provoke—; raise—; run into—; —bobs up; —bursts out; —consumes;  —engulfs; —rages; —rends.

Thesaurus
jostle, juxtapose in opposition, kick, litigation, lock horns, logomachy, malevolence, malice, malignity, meet, meet head-on, meeting, mental shock, militate against, mischief, mismatch, mismate, misunderstand one another, naval combat, negate, negation, negativeness, nonconformity, noncooperation, not accord with, not get along, not square with, object, obstinacy, offset, open conflict, oppose, oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugn, oppugnance, oppugnancy, paper war, passage of arms, perverseness, perversity, pitched battle, play at cross-purposes, polarity, polemic, psychological stress, pull different ways, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, reaction, recalcitrance, recoil, refractoriness, rencontre, renitency, repercussion, repugnance, resist, resistance, revolt, rivalry, row, rub, rumble, run against, run counter to, running fight, scramble, scrapping, scrimmage, scuffle, set off, shoving match, showdown, skirmish, spat, spite, spitefulness, squabble, squabbling, stand apart, stand over against, stand-up fight, strained relations, street fight, stress, strife, striving, struggle, swim upstream, swimming upstream, tauromachy, tension, tiff, trauma, traumatism, tug-of-war, tussle, uncooperativeness, unharmoniousness, unpleasantness, unstring, untune, variance, vary, vying, war, war of words, warfare, words, work against, wrangle, wrangling, Discordia, Eris, Kilkenny cats, action, aerial combat, affray, agree to disagree, altercation, ambivalence, ambivalence of impulse, antagonism, antagonize, antipathy, antithesis, argument, argumentation, armored combat, backlash, bad blood, battle, battle royal, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be at variance, be distinct, be distinguished, be inimical, be opposed to, beat against, belligerence, bickering, brawl, break, break off, brush, bullfight, cat-and-dog life, clash, clash of arms, clash with, clashing, cockfight, collide, collision, combat, competition, concours, conflict with, confrontation, confutation, confute, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, contradict, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contrapose, contraposition, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, contrast with, contravene, controversy, controvert, counter, counteract, counteraction, counterattack, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoise, counterpose, counterposition, countervail, counterwork, counterworking, crankiness, cross, cross-purposes, crotchetiness, cut and thrust, debate, decompensation, depart from, despitefulness, deviate from, differ, differ in opinion, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disaffinity, disagree, disagree with, disagreement, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disturb, disunion, disunity, divaricate from, diverge, diverge from, divergence, diversity, dogfight, embroilment, emotional shock, emulation, engagement, enmity, exchange of blows, external frustration, faction, feud, fight, fighting, fire fight, fracas, fractiousness, fray, friction, frustration, go against, go counter to, grate, ground combat, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, hate, hatred, hit a clinker, hold opposite views, hostility, house-to-house combat, inaccordance, incompatibility, incompatibleness, inconsistency, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, inimicalness, interfere, interfere with, interference, jangle, jar, jar with, jarring,

Etymology
From conflictus:, past participle of confligere:, from com-: (a form of con-) + fligere:

Pronunciation

 * Noun


 * Verb

Related terms

 * conflictional

Noun

 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: стълкновение,
 * Cebuano: away
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: סכסוך
 * Ido:


 * Irish: coinbhleacht
 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: stret, konflikt
 * Slovene:, , nasprotovanje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:, несъвместимост
 * Cebuano: dili magkauyon
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, onverenigbaarheid,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: התנגשות, חוסר התאמה
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: противореча, сблъсквам се
 * Cebuano: wala nagtakdo
 * Chinese: 衝突、矛盾、相衝、相撞
 * Danish: være i modstrid med
 * Dutch: conflicteren, confligeren , strijdig


 * Finnish: olla ristiriidassa, törmätä
 * Hebrew: להתנגש
 * Japanese: 衝突する, 対立する
 * Russian: конфликтовать (konfliktovát')
 * Slovene: (si) nasprotovati
 * Spanish: discrepar estar reñido


 * Bulgarian: несъвместим съм
 * Cebuano: nagsapaw
 * Danish: overlappe
 * Dutch: overlappen
 * Finnish: olla ristiriidassa, törmätä


 * Hebrew: להתנגש
 * Japanese: バッティングする, 合わない
 * Russian: конфликтовать (konfliktovát')
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From conflictus:, past participle of confligere:, from com-: (a form of con-) + fligere:

Noun

 * 1) A conflict, clash or dispute

Derived terms

 * conflictsituatie
 * conflictstof

Related terms

 * conflictueus (adjective)