Synonyms of frays

frays 1 of 2

noun

plural of fray

1

as in fights

a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective

another generation of scientists entered the fray to find a cure for AIDS

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fights
• struggles
• battles
• efforts
• throes
• works
• scrabbles
• pains
• attempts
• toils
• tries
• exertions
• troubles
• grinds
• endeavors
• sweats
• wars
• tussles
• conflicts
• combats
• strifes
• travails
• drudgeries
• labors
• contests
• warfares
• essays

2

as in clashes

a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups

a troubled youth always getting into frays at school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clashes
• skirmishes
• fights
• battles
• struggles
• tussles
• scuffles
• dustups
• conflicts
• brawls
• combats
• fracases
• fracas
• contests
• confrontations
• scraps
• altercations
• scrimmages
• blows
• quarrels
• duels
• tangles
• disputes
• hassles
• broils
• scrums
• affrays
• squabbles
• wrangles
• fistfights
• mêlées
• melees
• pitched battles
• fisticuffs
• battle royals
• jousts
• spats
• disagreements
• ructions
• mix-ups
• ruckuses
• controversies
• donnybrooks
• slugfests
• battle royales
• grapples
• rows
• misunderstandings
• battles royal
• punch-outs
• battles royale
• contretemps
• punch-ups
• tiffs
• rough-and-tumbles
• fallings-out
• catfights
• free-for-alls
• arguments
• kickups
• handgrips
• falling-outs
• cross fires
• face-offs
• argle-bargles
• argy-bargies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truces

3

as in brawls

a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people

school officials broke up the fray and gave all guilty parties detention

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brawls
• clashes
• broils
• altercations
• affrays
• melees
• fracas
• fracases
• ructions
• skirmishes
• mêlées
• donnybrooks
• rows
• tussles
• scuffles
• ruckuses
• rough-and-tumbles
• free-for-alls
• disputes
• fisticuffs
• battles
• squabbles
• quarrels
• struggles
• conflicts
• arguments
• wrangles
• combats
• scraps
• scrimmages
• spats
• contests
• hassles
• tiffs
• handgrips
• horseplays
• kickups

frays

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fray

as in erodes

to damage or diminish by continued friction

constant rubbing against the rock face has badly frayed our climbing rope

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erodes
• wears
• rubs
• chafes
• abrades
• reduces
• scrapes
• erases
• frets
• sharpens
• gnaws
• bites
• shaves
• galls
• frazzles
• eats
• rasps
• corrades
• disintegrates
• corrodes
• grazes
• scuffs
• files
• scours
• decomposes
• chews
• grates
• dissolves
• wears out
• grinds
• nibbles
• sandpapers
• sandblasts
• whets
• wipes (away)
• hones
• rubs out
• breaks down
• breaks up