great war

Questions about great war

What does great war mean?

great war means "a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918".

What is another word for great war?

Close synonyms include World War I, World War 1, First World War, War to End War. 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 great war a common word?

great war is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.