Synonyms for fight
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1. fight

   Conflict is a general word which describes opponents, whether individuals or hosts, as dashed together. One continuous conflict between entire armies is a battle. Another battle may be fought upon the same field after a considerable interval; or a new battle may follow immediately, the armies meeting upon a new field. An action is brief and partial; a battle may last for days. Engagement is a somewhat formal expression for battle; as, it was the commander's purpose to avoid a general engagement. A protracted war, including many battles, may be a stubborn contest. Combat, originally a hostile encounter between individuals, is now used also for extensive engagements. A skirmish is between small detachments or scattered troops. An encounter may be either purposed or accidental, between individuals or armed forces. Fight is a word of less dignity than battle; we should not ordinarily speak of Waterloo as a fight, unless where the word is used in the sense of fighting; as, I was in the thick of the fight.

   Synonyms:
   action, affair, battle, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, passage of arms, skirmish, strife

   Antonyms:
   armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, truce

   Preposition:
   A battle of giants; battle between armies; a battle for life, against invaders; a battle to the death; the battle of (more rarely at) Marathon.

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1. fight

   Synonyms:
   battle, contention, struggle, conflict, combat, contest, action, engagement, encounter

   Antonyms:
   pacification, reconciliation

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1. battle, conflict, fight, engagementnoun

   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:
   conflict, competitiveness, troth, engagement, fighting, booking, difference, struggle, mesh, interlocking, betrothal, battle, involution, difference of opinion, participation, employment, dispute, scrap, appointment, meshing, involvement, combat, date

2. fight, fighting, combat, scrapnoun

   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:
   bit, flake, battle, fleck, fighting, conflict, rubbish, trash, scrap, competitiveness, armed combat, combat, engagement, chip

3. competitiveness, fightnoun

   an aggressive willingness to compete

   "the team was full of fight"

   Synonyms:
   battle, fighting, conflict, scrap, competitiveness, combat, engagement

4. fightnoun

   an intense verbal dispute

   "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"

   Synonyms:
   competitiveness, battle, conflict, fighting, engagement, combat, scrap

5. fightverb

   a boxing or wrestling match

   "the fight was on television last night"

   Synonyms:
   competitiveness, battle, conflict, fighting, engagement, combat, scrap

6. contend, fight, struggleverb

   be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

   "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

   Synonyms:
   fence, make do, skin, sputter, shinny, agitate, crusade, shin, scramble, press, deal, vie, manage, compete, oppose, struggle, debate, argue, defend, repugn, postulate, grapple, campaign, fight down, contend, cope, make out, fight back, clamber, get by, push, contest

7. fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defendverb

   fight against or resist strongly

   "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"

   Synonyms:
   play off, counterbalance, represent, agitate, champion, press, support, guard, hold, defend, campaign, oppose, struggle, match, react, pit, controvert, fend for, contradict, contend, maintain, fight down, fight back, crusade, push

8. fight, struggleverb

   make a strenuous or labored effort

   "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

   Synonyms:
   sputter, agitate, press, shin, scramble, struggle, defend, campaign, oppose, crusade, contend, skin, fight down, fight back, clamber, push, shinny

9. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb

   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:
   tug, excite, iron out, press out, crowd, raise up, shake up, shake, commove, run, press, vex, agitate, advertize, adjure, stir, budge, shift, urge on, weight-lift, promote, foment, turn on, rouse, compress, urge, struggle, oppose, entreat, contend, beseech, contract, iron, crusade, defend, fight back, squeeze, charge, compact, bear on, drive, exhort, labor, force, stir up, bid, charge up, push, fight down, campaign, take the field, weigh, conjure, constrict, disturb, advertise, weightlift, labour

Matched Categories

1. • Aggressiveness
   • Conflict
   • Controversy
   • Try

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. presseth

   great effort needed

   Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

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1. fightverb

   Synonyms:
   combat, war, contend (in arms), draw the sword, unsheath the sword, measure swords, join battle, give battle, take up the cudgels, couch one's lance, go to war, let slip the dogs of war, take up the hatchet

2. fightverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, contest, struggle, strive, make resistance

3. fightverb

   Synonyms:
   war against, combat against, contend against, join battle with, break a lance with, come to close quarters with

4. fightverb

   Synonyms:
   carry through (by fighting)

5. fightnoun

   Synonyms:
   combat, battle, conflict, contest, struggle, engagement, encounter, action, affair, brush, fray, affray

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1. fightnoun

   Synonyms:
   combat, battle, engagement, struggle, encounter, fray, affray, mêlée, scrimmage , pugnacity, belligerence

   Associated words:
   militant, combative, combativeness, bellicose, belligerent, pugnacious

2. fightverb

   Synonyms:
   battle, combat, militate, struggle, cope with

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1. List of paraphrases for "fight":

   struggle, combat, battle, fighting, combating, lutte, reduction, fight, control, kamp, beat, war, counter, lucha, wrestling, kampf, strive, campaign, tackle, brawl, struggles, fights, contend, action, fiight, countering, address, strife

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1. Alexsis Rodgers:

   I've been glad to see Terry McAuliffe cite repeatedly that Terry McAuliffe is going to fight for paid sick leave, paid family and medical leave, and even make sure that home care workers get a raise. And I think that is a direct result of workers organizing... who have really pushed Terry McAuliffe to adopt policies that are going to uplift Black women and working women of color.

2. Drew Miller:

   If you've got a lot of weapons, if you've got a lot of members at guard posts, defensive walls, we don't think we're going to need to fight.

3. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   I think it is wrong for the federal government to force Christian individuals, businesses, pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that violate our sincerely held religious beliefs, we have to stand up and fight for religious liberty. That's where this fight is going. The left wants to silence us, Hillary Clinton wants to silence us, we're not going away.

4. Robert Townsend:

   A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong -- that's healthy.

5. Xavier Becerra:

   Leaving women in the dark about their healthcare and restricting doctors from providing candid advice is simply not in the best interest of public health, in California, we will continue to fight for comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including safe and legal abortion.