| battle | | |
| n. (act) | 1. battle, conflict, engagement, fight | 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" |
| ~ military action, action | a military engagement.; "he saw action in Korea" |
| ~ armageddon | any catastrophically destructive battle.; "they called the first World War an Armageddon" |
| ~ pitched battle | a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place. |
| ~ naval battle | a pitched battle between naval fleets. |
| ~ armed combat, combat | an engagement fought between two military forces. |
| ~ war, warfare | the waging of armed conflict against an enemy.; "thousands of people were killed in the war" |
| ~ dogfight | an aerial engagement between fighter planes. |
| ~ assault | close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. |
| ~ battle of britain | the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it. |
| ~ drogheda | in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (act) | 2. battle, struggle | an energetic attempt to achieve something.; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" |
| ~ attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" |
| ~ duel | any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups). |
| ~ scramble, scuffle | an unceremonious and disorganized struggle. |
| ~ joust, tilt | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. |
| n. (act) | 3. battle, conflict, struggle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).; "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" |
| ~ class struggle, class war, class warfare | conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes). |
| ~ insurrection, revolt, uprising, rebellion, rising | organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another. |
| ~ counterinsurgency, pacification | actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ strife | bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension. |
| ~ tug-of-war | any hard struggle between equally matched groups. |
| ~ turf war | a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights.; "a turf war erupted between street gangs"; "the president's resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors" |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| ~ feud | a bitter quarrel between two parties. |
| ~ warfare, war | an active struggle between competing entities.; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" |
| v. (competition) | 4. battle, combat | battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" |
| ~ fight, struggle, contend | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
| ~ dogfight | engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane. |
| ~ wrestle | combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force.; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" |
| competition | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. competition | a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers.; "business competition can be fiendish at times" |
| ~ business relation | a relation between different business enterprises. |
| ~ price competition, price war | intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business. |
| n. (event) | 2. competition, contest | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| ~ game | a single play of a sport or other contest.; "the game lasted two hours" |
| ~ social event | an event characteristic of persons forming groups. |
| ~ athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics | a contest between athletes. |
| ~ bout | a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers). |
| ~ championship | a competition at which a champion is chosen. |
| ~ chicken | a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops. |
| ~ cliffhanger | a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end. |
| ~ dogfight | a fiercely disputed contest.; "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract" |
| ~ race | a contest of speed.; "the race is to the swift" |
| ~ tournament, tourney | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner. |
| ~ playoff | any final competition to determine a championship. |
| ~ series | (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams.; "the visiting team swept the series" |
| ~ field trial | a contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving. |
| ~ match | a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete. |
| ~ tournament | a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize. |
| ~ race | any competition.; "the race for the presidency" |
| ~ spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest | a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly. |
| ~ trial | (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications.; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday" |
| n. (act) | 3. competition, contention, rivalry | the act of competing as for profit or a prize.; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ contest | a struggle between rivals. |
| n. (person) | 4. challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival | the contestant you hope to defeat.; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
| ~ contestant | a person who participates in competitions. |
| ~ champ, champion, title-holder | someone who has won first place in a competition. |
| ~ comer | someone with a promising future. |
| ~ finalist | a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition. |
| ~ foe, enemy | a personal enemy.; "they had been political foes for years" |
| ~ favourite, front-runner, favorite | a competitor thought likely to win. |
| ~ world-beater, king, queen | a competitor who holds a preeminent position. |
| ~ runner-up, second best | the competitor who finishes second. |
| ~ scratch | a competitor who has withdrawn from competition. |
| ~ semifinalist | one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination. |
| ~ street fighter | a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods. |
| ~ tier | any one of two or more competitors who tie one another. |
| ~ tilter | someone who engages in a tilt or joust. |
| contest | | |
| n. (act) | 1. contest | a struggle between rivals. |
| ~ rivalry, competition, contention | the act of competing as for profit or a prize.; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" |
| ~ battle of wits | a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used. |
| ~ bidding contest | a series of competing bids. |
| ~ popularity contest | competition (real or figurative) for popular support. |
| v. (communication) | 2. contend, contest, repugn | to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.; "They contested the outcome of the race" |
| ~ oppose | be against; express opposition to.; "We oppose the ban on abortion" |
| ~ challenge, dispute, gainsay | take exception to.; "She challenged his claims" |
| match | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. friction match, lucifer, match | lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction.; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag" |
| ~ fuzee, fusee | a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind. |
| ~ kitchen match | a wooden friction match that will light on any granular surface; useful to light wood or gas stoves. |
| ~ igniter, ignitor, lighter, light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.; "do you have a light?" |
| ~ matchstick | a short thin stick of wood used in making matches. |
| ~ book matches, safety match | a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface. |
| ~ slow match | match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly. |
| n. (event) | 2. match | a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| ~ boxing match | a match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring. |
| ~ chess match | a match between chess players. |
| ~ cockfight | a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs. |
| ~ cricket match | a match between two cricket teams. |
| ~ diving, diving event | an athletic competition that involves diving into water. |
| ~ field event | a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track. |
| ~ final | the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament. |
| ~ quarterfinal | one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals. |
| ~ semi, semifinal | one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament. |
| ~ swimming event | an athletic competition that involves swimming. |
| ~ tennis match | a match between tennis players. |
| ~ match game, matched game, test match | an international championship match. |
| ~ wrestling match | a match between wrestlers. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. match | a burning piece of wood or cardboard.; "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode" |
| ~ igniter, ignitor, lighter, light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.; "do you have a light?" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. match, mate | an exact duplicate.; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" |
| ~ duplication, duplicate | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly.; "he made a duplicate for the files" |
| n. (quantity) | 5. match | the score needed to win a match. |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (person) | 6. catch, match | a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect. |
| ~ adult, grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward. |
| n. (person) | 7. compeer, equal, match, peer | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ peer group | contemporaries of the same status. |
| ~ associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| ~ coeval, contemporary | a person of nearly the same age as another. |
| ~ gangsta | (Black English) a member of a youth gang. |
| ~ backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, backup, substitute, relief | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).; "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" |
| ~ successor, replacement | a person who follows next in order.; "he was President Lincoln's successor" |
| ~ townsman | a person from the same town as yourself.; "a fellow townsman" |
| n. (group) | 8. couple, match, mates | a pair of people who live together.; "a married couple from Chicago" |
| ~ family unit, family | primary social group; parents and children.; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" |
| ~ power couple | a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential. |
| ~ dink | a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids). |
| n. (cognition) | 9. match | something that resembles or harmonizes with.; "that tie makes a good match with your jacket" |
| ~ counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another. |
| v. (stative) | 10. agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| ~ consist | be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous.; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" |
| ~ check out, check | be verified or confirmed; pass inspection.; "These stories don't check!" |
| ~ look | accord in appearance with.; "You don't look your age!" |
| ~ answer | match or correspond.; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" |
| ~ coincide | be the same.; "our views on this matter coincided" |
| ~ align | be or come into adjustment with. |
| ~ correlate | to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation.; "Do these facts correlate?" |
| ~ parallel | be parallel to.; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" |
| ~ twin, duplicate, parallel | duplicate or match.; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" |
| ~ square | be compatible with.; "one idea squares with another" |
| ~ bear out, underpin, corroborate, support | support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" |
| ~ equal, be | be identical or equivalent to.; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| ~ conform to, fit, meet | satisfy a condition or restriction.; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" |
| ~ homologize | be homologous.; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" |
| ~ befit, beseem, suit | accord or comport with.; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| ~ pattern | form a pattern.; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" |
| ~ adhere | be compatible or in accordance with.; "You must adhere to the rules" |
| ~ rime, rhyme | be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable.; "hat and cat rhyme" |
| v. (possession) | 11. match | provide funds complementary to.; "The company matched the employees' contributions" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (contact) | 12. couple, match, mate, pair, twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together.; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" |
| ~ match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ mismate | provide with an unsuitable mate. |
| ~ mismatch | match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together. |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (stative) | 13. equal, match, rival, touch | be equal to in quality or ability.; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" |
| ~ equalise, equalize, equal, equate, match | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" |
| ~ compete, vie, contend | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| v. (change) | 14. fit, match | make correspond or harmonize.; "Match my sweater" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ match | be equal or harmonize.; "The two pieces match" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| v. (social) | 15. cope with, match, meet | satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" |
| ~ cope, get by, grapple, make do, manage, contend, deal, make out | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| v. (contact) | 16. match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ couple, mate, pair, twin, match | bring two objects, ideas, or people together.; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (competition) | 17. match, oppose, pit, play off | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| ~ confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| v. (change) | 18. match | be equal or harmonize.; "The two pieces match" |
| ~ adapt, conform, adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| ~ match, fit | make correspond or harmonize.; "Match my sweater" |
| v. (change) | 19. equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ homologise, homologize | make homologous. |
| ~ homogenize, homogenise | cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing.; "homogenize the main ingredients" |
| ~ tie, draw | finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..; "The teams drew a tie" |
| ~ rival, equal, match, touch | be equal to in quality or ability.; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" |
| tilt | | |
| n. (event) | 1. joust, tilt | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. |
| ~ struggle, battle | an energetic attempt to achieve something.; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" |
| ~ tournament | a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize. |
| n. (communication) | 2. arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt | a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.; "they were involved in a violent argument" |
| ~ difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| ~ argle-bargle, argy-bargy | a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument. |
| ~ firestorm | an outburst of controversy.; "the incident triggered a political firestorm" |
| ~ sparring | an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage. |
| ~ polemic | a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma). |
| ~ fight | an intense verbal dispute.; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. tilt | a slight but noticeable partiality.; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings" |
| ~ partisanship, partiality | an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. inclination, lean, leaning, list, tilt | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical.; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| n. (act) | 5. careen, rock, sway, tilt | pitching dangerously to one side. |
| ~ pitching, lurch, pitch | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance).; "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" |
| v. (motion) | 6. angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip | to incline or bend from a vertical position.; "She leaned over the banister" |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| ~ weather | cause to slope. |
| ~ heel, list | tilt to one side.; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" |
| ~ lean back, recline | move the upper body backwards and down. |
| v. (motion) | 7. cant, cant over, pitch, slant, tilt | heel over.; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ cock | tilt or slant to one side.; "cock one's head" |
| v. (motion) | 8. careen, shift, tilt, wobble | move sideways or in an unsteady way.; "The ship careened out of control" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (competition) | 9. tilt | charge with a tilt. |
| ~ joust | joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback. |
| tournament | | |
| n. (event) | 1. tournament, tourney | a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| ~ world cup | a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion. |
| ~ elimination tournament | a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds. |
| ~ open | a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play. |
| ~ round robin | a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant. |
| n. (event) | 2. tournament | a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| ~ joust, tilt | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. |
| skirmish | | |
| n. (act) | 1. brush, clash, encounter, skirmish | a minor short-term fight. |
| ~ contretemps | an awkward clash.; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman" |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| v. (competition) | 2. skirmish | engage in a skirmish. |
| ~ fight, struggle, contend | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
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