anti-war

adjective

Opposed to war, or to a specific war.

Similar
antibellicoseantimartialpacificpacifist
OriginEnglish war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre →
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Meanings

adjectiveanti-war (comparative more anti-war, superlative most anti-war)

comparative more anti-war · superlative most anti-war · alternative antiwar

  1. Opposed to war, or to a specific war.

    Synonyms: antibellicose, antimartial, pacific, pacifist

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOpposed to war, or to a specific war.

Similar
antibellicoseantimartialpacificpacifist

Origin

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  3. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  5. Frankish*werʀ
  6. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  7. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  8. Old Englishwerre
  9. Middle Englishwerre
  10. Englishwar
  11. Englishanti-war

From anti- + war.

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Translations

Bulgarian антивое́нен
  • антивое́нен (antivoénen)opposed to war
Catalan antibel·licista
  • antibel·licistaopposed to war
Chinese Mandarin 反戰 /反战
  • 反戰 /反战 (fǎnzhàn)opposed to war
Czech protiválečný
  • protiválečnýopposed to war
Finnish sodanvastainen
  • sodanvastainenopposed to war
French anti-guerre
  • anti-guerreopposed to war
German Antikriegs-
  • Antikriegs-opposed to war
Greek αντιπολεμικός
  • αντιπολεμικός (antipolemikós)opposed to war
Hungarian háborúellenes
  • háborúellenesopposed to war
Italian antibellicista
  • antibellicistaopposed to war
Japanese 反戦
  • 反戦 (hansen)opposed to war
Korean 반전
  • 반전 (banjeon)opposed to war
Lithuanian antikarinis
  • antikarinisopposed to war
Māori ātete pakanga
  • ātete pakangaopposed to war
Polish antywojenny
  • antywojennyopposed to war
Portuguese antibélico
  • antibélicoopposed to war
Romanian împotriva războiului
  • împotriva războiuluiopposed to war
Russian антивое́нный
  • антивое́нный (antivojénnyj)opposed to war
Slovak protivojnový
  • protivojnovýopposed to war
Turkish savaş karşıtı
  • savaş karşıtıopposed to war
Ukrainian антивоє́нний
  • антивоє́нний (antyvojénnyj)opposed to war
Vietnamese phản chiến
  • phản chiếnopposed to war
Cite this entry
APA

anti-war. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-war

MLA

“anti-war.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-war. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-war,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-war.

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