Meanings
discord1
plural discords
- countableuncountableLack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 6:191 more example
The proposition is peace. Not peace through the medium of war; not peace to be hunted through the labyrinth of intricate and endless negotiations; not peace to arise out of universal discord, fomented from principle, in all parts of the empire; […]
1775 March 22, Edmund Burke, “Speech on Moving Resolutions for Conciliation with America”, in [Walker King and French Laurence], editors, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, new edition, volume III, London: […] [T. Gillet] for F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […]; sold also by J[ohn] Hatchard, […], published 1803, →OCLC, page 31 - countableuncountableTension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension.
- countableuncountableAny harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.
[…] For a Diſcord it ſelfe is but a Harſhneſſe of Diuers Sounds Meeting.
1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 700, page 173 - countableuncountableentertainmentAn inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance.
present singular third person discords · participle present discording · participle past discorded · past discorded
- archaicintransitiveTo disagree; to fail to agree or harmonize; clash.
[…] Sometimes the one Iarring and diſcording with the other, and making a Confuſion; […]
1631, Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 227, page 62
discord2
present singular third person discords · participle present discording · participle past discorded · past discorded
Discord3
- Internetsocial mediacommunicationsAn instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media.
Synonyms: DS
plural Discords
- informalA Discord server.
“I like to use Discord because it works on my computer as well as on my phone,” senior Arman Sagmanligil said. “A lot of video games or YouTubers or streamers tend to have Discords that I can join where I can get notifications as to their streams or their videos being released.”
2022 April, Max Belyantsev, “Not just for gamers, Discord popularity on the rise”, in The Tide, volume 45, number 5, Rockville, Md.: Richard Montgomery High School, page 42 more examples
“I definitely looked at that [the FSU Holy Trinity Discord server] and I looked at other Discord servers that I made in the past. I wanted to see what channels worked. … But by looking at other FSU Discords on campus, I was able to get inspiration from that,” she [Sarah Sagan] said.
2020 November 20, Robert Johnson Jr., “Gaming communities and clubs thrive on Discord, despite COVID-19”, in The Gatepost, volume 89, number 10, Framingham, Mass.: Framingham State University, page 14, columns 2–3Women are carving out their own safe spaces in the gaming world by organizing women-only teams, tournaments and Discords, free from the sexism they encounter in co-ed competitions. […] Female gamers have also created Discord servers — online platforms for chatting — only for women, where they compete in tournaments or play together as a team. […] The Galorant Discord has a verification system that includes photo identification with the member’s username to ensure only women can join the Discord.
2021 December 3, Samantha Little, “Women organize all-female tournaments to escape gaming misogyny”, in Humber Et Cetera, volume 63, number 10, Toronto, Ont.: Humber College, page 7 - informalA Discord account.
Finally my PC was ready and I clicked in to my Discord. They’d made a new DM group chat.
2023, Lis Jardine, “Saturday 17 May, 11.45 a.m.”, in The Detention Detectives, London: Puffin Books, →ISBN2 more examples
Most days, she falls asleep with her Discord on; while some days, she barely even sleeps at all.
2022, “Gabrielle Bande”, in Heights, volume 69, Seniors Folio, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University, →OCLC, page 14Even though I have my pronouns pasted everywhere — my Instagram, my Discord, my LinkedIn, my email signature — so many people I interact with daily still do not get the hint.
2024 October 22, Shelby Slomski, “You will never understand: A letter to Trump voters”, in Lauren Hutchens, editor, The University News, number 274, St. Louis, Mo.: Saint Louis University, →OCLC, page B3, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
discord · noun, verb
- Latindiscordāre
- Old Frenchdescorder
- Middle Englishdiscorden
- Latindiscordia
- Old Frenchdescort
- Middle Englishdescorde
- Englishdiscord
Circa 1230, Middle English descorde, discorde; from Anglo-Norman, Old French descort (derivative of descorder), descorde (“disagreement”); from Latin discordia, from discors (“disagreeing, disagreement”), from dis- (“apart”) + cor, cordis (“heart”). Verb derives from Middle English discorden, from Anglo-Norman, Old French descorder, from Latin discordāre, from discord-, as above.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →discord · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishcord
- Englishdiscord
From dis- + cord (“tie, bind”).
Full word history & related roots →Discord · proper noun, noun
See discord. Jason Citron, developer: “We picked the name because […] it just sounds cool and has to do with talking. […] [It] is easy to say, spell, remember, […] available for ™, and has a website you can get. […] we fell in love with the name”.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διαφορά, ἔρις
- διαφορά (diaphorá)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- ἔρις (éris)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
Bulgarian несъгласие, разногласие
- несъгласие (nesăglasie)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- разногласие (raznoglasie)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- раздо́р (razdór)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- дисонанс (disonans)music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Catalan discòrdia, dissonància
- discòrdialack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- dissonànciamusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Chinese Mandarin 不調和 /不调和, 不和
- 不調和 /不调和 (bùtiáohé)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- 不和 (bùhé)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
Dutch onenigheid, tweedracht
- onenigheidlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- tweedrachttension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- kabaalany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- kakofoniemusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Esperanto malakordo, malakordo
- malakordolack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- malakordotension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
Finnish epäsopu, eripura
- epäsopulack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- eripuralack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- soraäänilack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- epäsoputension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- eripuratension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- riitasointuany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- soraääniany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- riitasointumusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
French discorde, désaccord
- discordelack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- désaccordlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- discordetension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- disputetension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- dissensiontension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- dissonancemusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
German Uneinigkeit, Streit
- Uneinigkeitlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- Streitlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- Zwietrachttension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- Missklangany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- Lärmany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- Dissonanzmusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
- Kakophoniemusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Greek διχόνοια, διάσταση
- διχόνοια (dichónoia)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- διάσταση (diástasi)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- έριδα (érida)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- διαμάχη (diamáchi)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- δυσαρμονία (dysarmonía)music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
- παραφωνία (parafonía)music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Hindi कलह, फूट
- कलह (kalah)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- फूट (phūṭ)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- अनबन (anban)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- डिस्कॉर्ड (ḍiskŏrḍ)app
Irish imreas, imreas
- imreaslack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- imreastension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
Italian discordia, dissenso
- discordialack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- dissensolack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- zizzanialack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- discordiatension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- dissensotension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- dissonanzaany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- dissonanzamusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Japanese 不調和, 不和
- 不調和 (fuchōwa)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- 不和 (fuwa)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- 不協和音 (fukyōwaon)music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
- ディスコード (Disukōdo)app
Korean 불협화음, 부조화
- 불협화음 (bulhyeophwa'eum)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- 부조화 (bujohwa)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- 디스코드 (Diseukodeu)app
Latin dissensus, dissensus
- dissensuslack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- dissensustension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
Polish niezgoda, kakofonia
- niezgodalack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- kakofoniamusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Portuguese discórdia, discórdia
- discórdialack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- discórdiatension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- discórdiaany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- discórdiamusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Romanian discordie, discordie
- discordielack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- discordietension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
Russian разногла́сие, разла́д
- разногла́сие (raznoglásije)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- разла́д (razlád)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- несогла́сие (nesoglásije)lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- раздо́р (razdór)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- рознь (roznʹ)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- нелады́ (neladý)tension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- диссона́нс (dissonáns)music: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
- Диско́рд (Diskórd)app
Scottish Gaelic mì-chòrdadh, eas-aonta
- mì-chòrdadhlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- eas-aontalack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- eadar-chasaideachdlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- mì-chòrdadhtension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- eas-aontatension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
Spanish discordia, desencuentro
- discordialack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- desencuentrolack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- discordiatension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
Swedish missämja, oenighet
- missämjalack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- oenighetlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- splitlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- dissonansmusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
- Discordapp
Thai ดิสคอร์ด
- ดิสคอร์ดapp
Turkish anlaşmazlık, ihtilaf
- anlaşmazlıklack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- ihtilaflack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- anlaşmazlıktension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- fikir ayrılığıtension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- ahenksizlikany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- kakofonimusic: an inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones; a dissonance
Ukrainian Діско́рд
- Діско́рд (Diskórd)app
Welsh anghydfod, anghytundeb
- anghydfodlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- anghytundeblack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- anghytgordlack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord
- cynnentension or strife resulting from a lack of agreement; dissension
- anghytgordany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
- anghyseineddany harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with discord
Cite this entry
discord. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discord
“discord.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discord. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discord,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discord.
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