war cry

Questions about war cry

What does war cry mean?

war cry means "a slogan used to rally support for a cause". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for war cry?

Close synonyms include rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword, war whoop. 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 war cry a common word?

war cry 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.