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

2 senses of quarrel

Sense 1
quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup -- (an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words")
       => dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict -- (a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats")

Sense 2
quarrel -- (an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges)
       => arrow -- (a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quarrel

1 sense of quarrel

Sense 1
quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate -- (have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something")
       => argue, contend, debate, fence -- (have an argument about something)