wartime n : a period of time during which there is armed conflict

English

Noun

1. A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

Usage notes

• Used attributively in phrases such as "wartime rationing".

Antonyms

• peacetime

The term wartime could refer to:

• War
• Wartime, a science fiction film spin-off of the TV series Doctor Who.
• Wartime, a 1990 side project between former Ween bassist Andrew Weiss and singer/spoken word artist Henry Rollins.

all-out war, appeal to arms, armed combat, armed conflict, attack, battle, belligerence, belligerency, bloodshed, combat, fighting, hostilities, hot war, la guerre, might of arms, military operations, open hostilities, open war, resort to arms, shooting war, state of war, the sword, total war, war, warfare, warmaking, warring