STRUGGLE Synonyms

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• an aggressive willingness to compete

• an intense verbal dispute

• a boxing or wrestling match

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• fight against or resist strongly

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• maintain or assert

• have an argument about something

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

• rushing about hastily in an undignified way

• to move hurriedly

• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

• bring into random order

• stir vigorously

• make unintelligible

• a loud resonant repeating noise

• a state of conflict between persons

• a state of conflict between colors

• a minor short-term fight

• crash together with violent impact

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict

• disagree violently

• an engagement fought between two military forces

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

• a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope

• a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

• the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)

• make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving

• come into rough contact with while moving

• the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression

• throwing and catching several objects simultaneously

• influence by slyness

• manipulate by or as if by moving around components

• deal with simultaneously

• throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously

• hold with difficulty and balance insecurely

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

• a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• work hard

• undergo the efforts of childbirth

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• express opposition through action or words

• withstand the force of something

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse to comply

• disorderly fighting

• a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling

• an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

• walk by dragging one's feet

• fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

• work doggedly or persistently

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

• (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

• the general meaning or substance of an utterance

• an effortful attempt to attain a goal

• an intense or violent exertion

• the act of singing

• to exert much effort or energy

• test the limits of

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• become stretched or tense or taut

• remove by passing through a filter

• rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

• alter the shape of (something) by stress

• lack of agreement or harmony

• bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

• attempt by employing effort

• to exert much effort or energy

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• work hard

• disorderly fighting

• fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters

• make messy or untidy

• English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)

• walk (through relatively shallow water)

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

• combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force

• engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• engage in a wrestling match