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/ˈbætəlˌfiːld/ · noun
The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field..
The night of the 16th of May found McPherson's command bivouacked from two to six miles west of the battlefield, along the line of the road to Vicksburg
Though in the past it saw much of the unhappiness and strife of Border warfare—the great battlefields of Pilleth and Mortimer's Cross are nearby—it is now a quiet and happy place.
Use battlefield when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Battlefield means The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field..
Common synonyms include battleground, field of battle, field.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The night of the 16th of May found McPherson's command bivouacked from two to six miles west of the battlefield, along the line of the road to Vicksburg
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