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Defenition of the word wrestle

    • Defenition of the word wrestle

      • To combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force.
      • To engage in a wrestling match.
      • engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
      • combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
      • engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
      • the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
      • to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort." "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace."
      • to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt''s embrace"
      • the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
      • engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
      • combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
      • engage in a wrestling match
      • to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

    Synonyms for the word wrestle

      • brawl
      • fight
      • grapple
      • grappling
      • hand-to-hand struggle
      • squirm
      • struggle
      • tussle
      • twist
      • worm
      • wrestling
      • wriggle
      • writhe

    Similar words in the wrestle

      • wrestle
      • wrestled
      • wrestler
      • wrestler's
      • wrestlers
      • wrestles

    Hyponyms for the word wrestle

      • mud-wrestle
      • mudwrestle
      • wrench

    Hypernyms for the word wrestle

      • battle
      • combat
      • consider
      • contend
      • debate
      • deliberate
      • fight
      • moot
      • move
      • struggle
      • turn over

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