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DISCORDS Synonyms

There are 18 synonyms of the word discords. (exact relations)
There are 5 hypernyms of the word discords. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for DISCORDS

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strife
nounn
noun

• lack of agreement or harmony

• bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

clash
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a loud resonant repeating noise

• a state of conflict between persons

• a state of conflict between colors

• a minor short-term fight

verb

• crash together with violent impact

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict

• disagree violently

conflict
nounn
noun

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

verb

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

disagreement
nounn
noun

• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

disharmony
nounn
noun

• a lack of harmony

dissent
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority

• a difference of opinion

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

verb

• withhold assent

• express opposition through action or words

• be of different opinions

dissonance
nounn
noun

• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

• disagreeable sounds

disunion
nounn
noun

• the termination or destruction of union

friction
nounn
noun

• a state of conflict between persons

• the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another

• effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

incompatibility
nounn
noun

• the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time

• (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

• the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination

incongruity
nounn
noun

• the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

incongruousness
nounn
noun

• the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

inharmoniousness
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a lack of harmony

variance
nounn
noun

• an event that departs from expectations

• discord that splits a group

• the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the quality of being subject to variation

• an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)

• an activity that varies from a norm or standard

discordance
nounn
noun

• a harsh mixture of sounds

• strife resulting from a lack of agreement

disaccord
verb, nounv, n
verb

• be different from one another

disagree
verbv
verb

• be of different opinions

• be different from one another

dissension
nounn
noun

• disagreement among those expected to cooperate

• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

Best Hypernyms For DISCORDS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for discords, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (5)
be disagreement disorder dissonance strife

Alternatives for STRIFE

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