Synonyms of cold war

cold war

noun

as in world war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• world war
• civil war
• holy war
• limited war
• police action
• hot war
• war
• hostilities
• conflict
• conflagration
• engagement
• skirmish
• battle
• fighting
• warfare
• action
• combat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peace
• disarmament
• demobilization
• pacification
• truce
• demilitarization
• tranquillity
• calm
• tranquility
• cease-fire
• peacefulness

Examples of cold war in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The bitcoin price shot past its previous all-time high of over £70,000 per bitcoin this year before dropping back to around $60,000 as the U.S. and China begin what could become a crypto cold war. —Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

However, before this cold war over property erupts, the film allows the shattering grief on either side to fester, allowing both factions to feel irrevocably human before things hit the fan. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024

Something of a narrative twin-flame energy with Nagata, both expressing a drive to heat things up on either side of a cold war. —Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024

Back then, cold war dynamics were at play, and newly independent countries were deciding which governing system to follow—a decision that might (theoretically) be influenced by a democratic nation’s ability to explore space. —Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024