💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Second world war"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| world war iinoun | (history) The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan. |
| second warnoun | Synonym of Second World War (“World War II”). |
| european warnoun | (1940s-onwards) The European theatre of World War II / WW2 / Second World War |
| worldnoun | (with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in. |
| world war iiinoun | A hypothetical world war following World War II. |
| world war ivnoun | A hypothetical world war following a hypothetical World War III. |
| world warnoun | A war involving the major nations of the world. |
| united nationsnoun | (in the singular) An international coalition, founded in 1945 and headquartered in New York City, that aims to promote global co-operation and maintain international order. |
| second worldnoun | Those countries aligned with the East during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those aligned with the West (First World). |
| new cold warnoun | Synonym of Cold War II. |
| cold warnoun | (historical) The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991. |
| world war zeronoun | (figurative) Any of several examples of total war before World War I, such as: |
| third reichnoun | (historical) Synonym of Nazi Germany. |
| third worldnoun | (sometimes derogatory) developing countries, especially that of Africa, Asia and Latin America |
| great patriotic warnoun | (historical, in Soviet or Russian contexts) The German-Soviet war (a portion of World War II fought between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945). |
| majority worldnoun | The Third World; the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. |
| german reichnoun | (historical, strictly) A former German country that existed between 1871 and 1945, de facto ending with World War II. Capital: Berlin. |
| das reichnoun | (historical and pseudohistorical fiction) The Third Reich. |
| world war inoun | (history) The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. |
| alliesnoun | (history) The countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II. The major signatories included the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and China. |
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