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Defenition of the word struggle

    • Defenition of the word struggle

      • An energetic attempt to achieve something.
      • To make a strenuous or labored effort.
      • climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
      • an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
      • be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other;" "Siblings are always fighting"
      • make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
      • strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
      • to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
      • an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
      • be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"
      • strenuous effort
      • an energetic attempt to achieve something
      • an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
      • be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
      • to exert strenuous effort against opposition
      • make a strenuous or labored effort

    Synonyms for the word struggle

      • battle
      • clamber
      • conflict
      • fight
      • scramble
      • shin
      • shinny
      • skin
      • sputter

    Similar words in the struggle

      • drive back
      • drive off
      • fight off
      • rebuff
      • repel
      • repulse

    Hyponyms for the word struggle

      • assail
      • attack
      • bandy
      • battle
      • bear down
      • box
      • chicken-fight
      • chickenfight
      • class struggle
      • class war
      • class warfare
      • combat
      • counterinsurgency
      • defend
      • drive
      • duel
      • engage
      • fence
      • feud
      • fight
      • fight back
      • fight down
      • fighting
      • fistfight
      • flounder
      • get back
      • grapple
      • grappling
      • hand-to-hand struggle
      • insurrection
      • join battle
      • joust
      • labor
      • labour
      • oppose
      • pacification
      • push
      • rebellion
      • revolt
      • rising
      • scramble
      • scrap
      • scuffle
      • settle
      • skirmish
      • spar
      • strife
      • tilt
      • tourney
      • tug
      • tug-of-war
      • turf war
      • tussle
      • uprising
      • wage
      • war
      • warfare
      • wrestle
      • wrestling

    Hypernyms for the word struggle

      • assay
      • attempt
      • climb
      • effort
      • elbow grease
      • endeavor
      • endeavour
      • essay
      • exertion
      • fight
      • group action
      • seek
      • strive
      • struggle
      • sweat
      • travail
      • try

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