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

2 senses of jehad

Sense 1
jihad, jehad, international jihad -- (a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels)
       => war, warfare -- (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war")

Sense 2
jihad, jehad -- (a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal)
       => striving, nisus, pains, strain -- (an effortful attempt to attain a goal)