face-offs

The word “face-offs” has 2 syllables: face-offs

It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪsˌɔfs/


What is synonym and antonym for face-offs?

In the thesaurus, “face-offs” has 38 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for face-offs along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for face-offs

  • arguments
  • ball games
  • battles
  • clashes
  • collisions
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • contentions
  • contests
  • controversies
  • debates
  • disagreements
  • discords
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • frictions
  • grapples
  • horse races
  • matches
  • nail-biters
  • quarrels
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • showdowns
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tugs-of-war
  • warfares
  • wars
  • wrangles

Antonyms for face-offs

Meanings of face-offs

  • noun
    1. A confrontation or argument between two people or groups.
    2. The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee.

Example Sentences

  • The hockey game featured several intense face-offs between rival players.
  • As the debate heated up, there were frequent face-offs between the candidates.
  • The military exercise included simulated air-to-air face-offs between fighter jets.
  • In the business negotiation, there were multiple challenging face-offs over key terms.
  • The chess tournament showcased strategic face-offs between seasoned players.

On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to face-offs, such as: arguments, ball games, battles, clashes, collisions, combats, competitions.

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Related Words

ball games

  • arguments
  • battles
  • clashes
  • collisions
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • contentions
  • contests
  • controversies
  • deals
  • debates
  • disagreements
  • discords
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • face-offs
  • footings
  • frictions
  • grapples
  • horse races
  • matches
  • nail-biters
  • pictures
  • places
  • postures
  • quarrels
  • ranks
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • scenes
  • scores
  • showdowns
  • situations
  • spots
  • standings
  • states
  • status quos
  • statuses
  • stories
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tugs-of-war
  • warfares
  • wars
  • wrangles

warfares

  • altercations
  • animosities
  • antagonisms
  • antipathies
  • arguments
  • ball games
  • battles
  • bickers
  • brawls
  • clashes
  • cold wars
  • collisions
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • contentions
  • contests
  • controversies
  • debates
  • disaccords
  • disagreements
  • discordances
  • discordancies
  • discords
  • disharmonies
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dissents
  • dissidences
  • dissonances
  • disunions
  • disunities
  • divides
  • divisions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • enmities
  • face-offs
  • falling-outs
  • fallings-out
  • fights
  • fissures
  • frictions
  • grapples
  • hassles
  • horse races
  • hostilities
  • ill wills
  • incompatibilities
  • incongruences
  • incongruities
  • inconsistences
  • inconsistencies
  • inconsonances
  • infightings
  • inharmonies
  • jars
  • matches
  • miffs
  • mix-ups
  • nail-biters
  • quarrels
  • rancors
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • run-ins
  • schisms
  • scraps
  • showdowns
  • spats
  • squabbles
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tiffs
  • tugs-of-war
  • variances
  • wars
  • wrangles

wars

  • actions
  • altercations
  • animosities
  • antagonisms
  • antipathies
  • arguments
  • attack
  • attempt
  • averts
  • ball games
  • battle
  • battles
  • bickers
  • bloodshed
  • bombard
  • brawls
  • buffers
  • bulwarks
  • campaign against
  • challenge
  • civil wars
  • clash
  • clashes
  • cold war
  • cold wars
  • collisions
  • combat
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflagrations
  • conflict
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • conserves
  • contend
  • contends
  • contention
  • contentions
  • contest
  • contests
  • controversies
  • covers
  • debates
  • defends
  • differ
  • disaccords
  • disagree
  • disagreements
  • discordances
  • discordancies
  • discords
  • disharmonies
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dissents
  • dissidences
  • dissonances
  • disunions
  • disunities
  • divides
  • divisions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • endeavor
  • engage in combat
  • engagements
  • enmities
  • enmity
  • face-offs
  • falling-outs
  • fallings-out
  • fences
  • fends
  • fighting
  • fights
  • fissures
  • forfends
  • frictions
  • go to war
  • grapples
  • guards
  • hassles
  • holy wars
  • horse races
  • hostilities
  • hostility
  • hot wars
  • ill wills
  • incompatibilities
  • incongruences
  • incongruities
  • inconsistences
  • inconsistencies
  • inconsonances
  • infightings
  • inharmonies
  • jars
  • keeps
  • kill
  • limited wars
  • make war
  • march against
  • matches
  • meet
  • miffs
  • mix-ups
  • murder
  • nail-biters
  • opposes
  • oppugn
  • palisades
  • pickets
  • police action
  • police actions
  • preserves
  • prevents
  • protects
  • quarrels
  • rancors
  • resists
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • run-ins
  • safeguards
  • saves
  • schisms
  • scraps
  • screens
  • secures
  • shell
  • shields
  • shoot
  • showdowns
  • skirmishes
  • spats
  • squabbles
  • strife
  • strifes
  • strike
  • strive
  • struggle
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • take on
  • take the field against
  • take up arms
  • tiffs
  • tug
  • tugs-of-war
  • variances
  • wage war
  • walls
  • wards
  • warfare
  • warfares
  • withstands
  • world wars
  • wrangles

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