Conflict
Conflict noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.
Unrest and conflict are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unrest" instead a noun "Conflict".
Nearby Words: conflicting, conflicted
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| similar | similar conflict | similar unrest |
| open | open conflict | open unrest |
| constant | constant conflict | constant unrest |
| violent | violent conflict | violent unrest |
| Other adjectives: massive, serious, potential, social, internal, major, religious, political, military, further, rising, recent, resulting, racial, nuclear, ethnic, ongoing. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Foreshadowing: While going around New York City, you can occasionally hear two guards talking about unrest in the colonies, which may lead to conflict.
- Ideally, these Emergency Powers are meant to speed up the process of ending a crisis; mitigate the turmoil during conflict; and/or assume a set of duties to keep order until civil unrest is permanently pacified.
Source: Emergency Authority - Emergency Powers occur during times of any crisis; natural or man-made disasters, periods of civil unrest, just after a declaration of war, during an internal or external armed conflict, or an unstable regime change where interim commanders take over to keep the peace.
Source: Emergency Authority
Cite this Source
Unrest and Conflict. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conflict/unrest
Conflict & Unrest. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/conflict/unrest>.
Unrest or Conflict. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/conflict/unrest.
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