WAR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
   Usage Example(s)
   • the war on poverty
   • the war against crime
   Hypernyms(s) war is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • campaign (what does campaign mean?)
   • cause (what does cause mean?)
   • crusade (what does crusade mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • effort (what does effort mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
   Synonym(s)
   • warfare (what does warfare mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • thousands of people were killed in the war
   Hypernyms(s) war is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • military action (what does military action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • limited war (what does limited war mean?)
   • psychological warfare (what does psychological warfare mean?)
   • war of nerves (what does war of nerves mean?)
   • civil war (what does civil war mean?)
   • chemical warfare (what does chemical warfare mean?)
   • chemical operations (what does chemical operations mean?)
   • biological warfare (what does biological warfare mean?)
   • BW (what does BW mean?)
   • biological attack (what does biological attack mean?)
   • biologic attack (what does biologic attack mean?)
   • bioattack (what does bioattack mean?)
   • information warfare (what does information warfare mean?)
   • IW (what does IW mean?)
   • jihad (what does jihad mean?)
   • jehad (what does jehad mean?)
   • international jihad (what does international jihad mean?)
   • world war (what does world war mean?)
   • Chino-Japanese War (what does Chino-Japanese War mean?)
   • Sino-Japanese War (what does Sino-Japanese War mean?)
   • Macedonian War (what does Macedonian War mean?)
   • Arab-Israeli War (what does Arab-Israeli War mean?)
   • Six-Day War (what does Six-Day War mean?)
   • Six Day War (what does Six Day War mean?)
   • Arab-Israeli War (what does Arab-Israeli War mean?)
   • Yom Kippur War (what does Yom Kippur War mean?)
   • Balkan Wars (what does Balkan Wars mean?)
   • Boer War (what does Boer War mean?)
   • Crimean War (what does Crimean War mean?)
   • Franco-Prussian War (what does Franco-Prussian War mean?)
   • French and Indian War (what does French and Indian War mean?)
   • Hundred Years’ War (what does Hundred Years’ War mean?)
   • Iran-Iraq War (what does Iran-Iraq War mean?)
   • Gulf War (what does Gulf War mean?)
   • Korean War (what does Korean War mean?)
   • Mexican War (what does Mexican War mean?)
   • Napoleonic Wars (what does Napoleonic Wars mean?)
   • Peloponnesian War (what does Peloponnesian War mean?)
   • Persian Gulf War (what does Persian Gulf War mean?)
   • Gulf War (what does Gulf War mean?)
   • Punic War (what does Punic War mean?)
   • Russo-Japanese War (what does Russo-Japanese War mean?)
   • Seven Years’ War (what does Seven Years’ War mean?)
   • Spanish-American War (what does Spanish-American War mean?)
   • Spanish War (what does Spanish War mean?)
   • Thirty Years’ War (what does Thirty Years’ War mean?)
   • Trojan War (what does Trojan War mean?)
   • Vietnam War (what does Vietnam War mean?)
   • Vietnam (what does Vietnam mean?)
   • War of Greek Independence (what does War of Greek Independence mean?)
   • War of the Austrian Succession (what does War of the Austrian Succession mean?)
   • War of the Grand Alliance (what does War of the Grand Alliance mean?)
   • War of the League of Augsburg (what does War of the League of Augsburg mean?)
   • War of the Spanish Succession (what does War of the Spanish Succession mean?)
   • War of the Roses (what does War of the Roses mean?)
   • Wars of the Roses (what does Wars of the Roses mean?)
   • War of 1812 (what does War of 1812 mean?)
   • hot war (what does hot war mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • war (what does war mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an active struggle between competing entities
   Synonym(s)
   • warfare (what does warfare mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a price war
   • a war of wits
   • diplomatic warfare
   Hypernyms(s) war is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • conflict (what does conflict mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • drug war (what does drug war mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
   Synonym(s)
   • state of war (what does state of war mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
   Hypernyms(s) war is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hostility (what does hostility mean?)
   • enmity (what does enmity mean?)
   • antagonism (what does antagonism mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • peace (what does peace mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • proxy war (what does proxy war mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • war (what does war mean?)

WAR as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make or wage war
   Hypernyms(s) war is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • make peace (what does make peace mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • blitzkrieg (what does blitzkrieg mean?)
   • go to war (what does go to war mean?)
   • take arms (what does take arms mean?)
   • take up arms (what does take up arms mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • war (what does war mean?)
   • state of war (what does state of war mean?)
   • war (what does war mean?)
   • warfare (what does warfare mean?)
   • warrior (what does warrior mean?)