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

1 sense of naval battle

Sense 1
naval battle -- (a pitched battle between naval fleets)
       => battle, conflict, fight, engagement -- (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement")