Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vietnam_war

1 sense of vietnam war

Sense 1
Vietnam War, Vietnam -- (a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States)
       INSTANCE OF=> war, warfare -- (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war")