conflict, struggle, strife; war, warfare, fighting, hostilities; assault, attack, offensive, harassment, as-sailment; siege, besiegement, besetment, investment; brawl, feud, affray, broil; collision, meeting, engagement, encounter, rencounter; contest, showdown, tournament, competition.
6. argument, debate, discussion, polemic, logomachy, war of words; controversy, dispute, disputation, discord, contestation; disagreement, quarrel, altercation; dissension, variance, difference of opinion, wrangling, bickering.
7. opposition, confrontation, defiance, contradiction, contravention, refutation, objection, protestation; uprising, resistance, dissension; obstruction, interference, counteraction.
combatant, n.
I. fighter, battler, warrior, brave, soldier, man-at-arms, belligerent; attacker, assailant, assailer, assaulter, invader, aggressor, militant; adversary, opponent, antagonist, enemy, foe, opposition; rival, contestant, competitor, contender; duelist, swordsman, fencer, jouster, gladiator; champion, prize fighter, boxer, pugilist, wrestler, grappler; opposer, disputant, debater, arguer, wrangler.
-adj. 2. combating, fighting, battling, warring; enemy, opposing, rival, opponent, adverse, antagonistic, hostile; combative, pugnacious, militant, looking for a fight. See - combative.
combative, adj. pugnacious, quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, agonistic; looking for a fight, antagonistic, opposing, adverse, opponent, rival; combatant, militant, hostile, unfriendly, ready for a fight.
combination, n. 1. fusion, conjunction, admixture, blending, coalescence. Bot. homogeny; commingling, mingling, minglement, interminglement, intermixture.
2. aggregation, aggregate, assortment, medley, melange, olio, potpourri, Inf combo; collection, set, series, array, grouping, cluster; miscellany, miscellanea, salmagundi, hodgepodge, jumble, hash, gallimaufry, olla-podrida.
3. mixture, mix, conglomeration, agglomeration, combine, Archaic, crasis; amalgamation, blend, homogenization; compound, composite, hybrid, mongrel, amalgam, alloy, Chem. levigation; composition, synthesis, consolidation, mosaic, patchwork.
4. association, alliance, league, coalition, union, guild, consortium, syndication, conspiracy, cabal; company, partnership, joint concern, corporation, merger, monopoly, trust, alignment, bloc, cartel; society, organization, party, camorra; congregation, assemblage, assembly, convention, meeting, group, gathering, band, ring, gang, team, troop; community, circle, club, fraternity, brotherhood, lodge, clan, clique.
combine, v. 1. mix, commix, admix, conglomerate, agglomerate; amalgamate, blend, homogenize; compound, alloy, Chem. levigate; commingle, mingle, intermingle, intermix, lump together; jumble, scramble, throw together; synthesize, consolidate, correlate, coordinate, compose, put together.
2. associate, affiliate, ally, marry, wed; bond, fuse, weld, yoke, bind, tie together; connect, join, link, chain, attach, inosculate; couple, mate, partner, twin, match, pair up, bring together; unite, conjoin, coalesce, league, club; team, band, herd, pool, merge, join forces; syndicate, federate, confederate, incorporate. -n. 3. combination, mixture, mix, conglomeration, agglomeration; amalgamation, blend, homogenization; compound, composite, hybrid, mongrel, amalgam, alloy, Chem. levigation.
4. commingling, mingling, minglement, interminglement, commixture, intermixture; aggregation, aggregate, assortment, medley, melange, olio, potpourri, Inf. combo; collection, set, series, array, grouping, cluster; miscellany, miscellanea, salmagundi, hodgepodge, jumble, hash, gallimaufry, olla-podrida.
combustible, adj. 1. inflammable, flammable, inflammatory, conflagratory, incendiary; fiery, combus-tive, explosive, ignitable, Rare, accendible, tindery; burnable, consumable.