What is another word for wrestle?
Synonyms for wrestle
ˈrɛs əlwres·tle
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Princeton's WordNet
wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggleverb
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
"they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
Synonyms:
grappling hook, wrestling, clamshell, rassling, hand-to-hand struggle, grappling, grapple, grappling iron, grappler, grapnelwrestleverb
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
"He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
wrestleverb
engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
"I wrestled with this decision for years"
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twistverb
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"
Synonyms:
turn, sophisticate, squirm, pervert, sprain, rick, twist, bend, wrick, wrench, wind, distort, curve, deform, convolute, worm, twist around, twine, flex, wriggle, writhewrestleverb
engage in a wrestling match
"The children wrestled in the garden"
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "wrestle":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1007 | turn | |
#1899 | wind | |
#4858 | rick | |
#5714 | curve | |
#5741 | wrestling | |
#6506 | bend | |
#7835 | twist | |
#9114 | flex | |
#9158 | worm | |
#17309 | wrench | |
#31885 | wrestle | |
#32665 | distort | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#38502 | grapple | |
#38780 | grappling | |
#41035 | clamshell | |
#43915 | twine | |
#61179 | sprain | |
#65958 | squirm | |
#78074 | deform | |
#103521 | wriggle | |
#108867 | grappler | |
#112569 | sophisticate | |
#119181 | writhe | |
#233953 | convolute |
How to use wrestle in a sentence?
Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.
Harvey assaulted me but that didn’t kill me, what really got me about the crash was that it was a cheap shot. I had been through so many rings of fire by that point. I had really always felt a connection to the greater good in my work with Quentin and most of what I allowed to happen to me and what I participated in was kind of like a horrible mud wrestle with a very angry brother. But at least I had some say, you know?
As my grandmother told me — never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it. So ignore him and vote, Florida!”
He would wrestle with them. He really got into that, the wrestling and playing. He'd carry them around on his back.
There wouldn't be such an outcry for help from the communities if there was so much change, last month, I had to wrestle a young man down because he tried to shoot someone in the head. There were four officers standing on the corner who walked in the opposite direction.
Translations for wrestle
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- تصارعArabic
- zápasitCzech
- ringenGerman
- πάληGreek
- lucharSpanish
- paini, painiottelu, punnertaa, tapella, painia, kaataa, kamppailu, kamppaillaFinnish
- lutterFrench
- wrakseljeWestern Frisian
- לְהִתגוֹשֵׁשׁHebrew
- 格闘Japanese
- whātōtōMāori
- worstelenDutch
- побороться, бороться, упорная борьбаRussian
- rvatiSerbo-Croatian
- БоротисяUkrainian
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