WARFARE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • thousands of people were killed in the war
    Hypernyms(s) warfare is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • an active struggle between competing entities
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a price war
    • a war of wits
    • diplomatic warfare
    Hypernyms(s) warfare is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)