clash

1. 1.

   crash together with violent impact

   “The cars collided”

   “Two meteors clashed”

   Synonymscollide

   Broaderhit

   Narrowersmashshockcrash
2. 2.

   be incompatible; be or come into conflict

   “These colors clash”

   Synonymsjarcollide

   Broaderconflict
3. 3.

   disagree violently

   “We clashed over the new farm policies”

   Broaderdisagree

Other forms of clash

plural

clashes·

past tense

clashed·

present participle

clashing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clash

What does clash mean?

clash means "a loud resonant repeating noise". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clash?

clash has 1 syllable: clash. In IPA it is /ˈklæʃ/.

What is another word for clash?

Close synonyms include clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clash a common word?

clash is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with clash?

1 word rhymes with clash. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.