FIGHT
Definition:
- [noun] the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Synonyms: ing, combat, scrap
- [noun] an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
- [noun] a boxing match; "the fight was on television last night"
Synonyms: bout
- [noun] a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
Synonyms: battle, conflict, engagement
- [noun] an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight"
Synonyms: competitiveness
- [verb] be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"
Synonyms: struggle
- [verb] fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
Synonyms: oppose, back, down, defend
- [verb] make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
Synonyms: struggle
- [verb] 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; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
Synonyms: crusade, press, campaign, push, agitate
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Related Words:
- bear down
- fistfight
- join battle
- tug
- fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
- settle, get back
- fight back
- battle, combat
- war
- attack, assail
- duel
- joust
- chicken-fight, chickenfight
- tourney
- feud
- skirmish
- bandy
- fence
- box
- spar
- scuffle, tussle
- wrestle
- engage, wage
- recalcitrate
- resist, stand, fend
- resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
- repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back
- tug, labor, labour, push, drive
- flounder
- gunfight, gunplay, shootout
- brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
- dogfight
- fencing
- in-fighting
- set-to
- shock, impact
- hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfingt, rough-and-tumble
- duel, affaire d'honneur
- fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest
- battering, banging
- beating, whipping
- affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle
- brawl, free-for-all
- knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrust
- rumble, gang fight
- Armageddon
- pitched battle
- naval battle
- combat, armed combat
- dogfight
- assault
- Battle of Britain
- Drogheda
