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battle - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, struggle |
| Synonyms: | agitate, argue, clamor, combat, contend, contest, dispute, feud, oppugn, skirmish, strive, tug, war, wrestle |
| Antonyms: | make peace |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military fight |
| Synonyms: | action, assault, attack, barrage, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conflict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare, blitzkreig, significant contact |
| Antonyms: | truce |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | struggle |
| Synonyms: | agitation, campaign, clash, conflict, contest, controversy, crusade, debate, disagreement, dispute, strife |
| Main Entry: | boxing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punching competition |
| Synonyms: | battle, mill*, slugfest*, glove game, prelim, prizefighting, pugilism, sparring, the ring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brawl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasty fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, broil, clash, disorder, dispute, donnybrook, feud, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all*, fuss, hassle, melee, quarrel, rhubarb*, riot, row, ruckus*, rumble*, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, squabble, tumult, uproar, wrangle, bickering, duke out |
| Antonyms: | peace, truce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight nastily |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, bicker, buck*, caterwaul, dispute, quarrel, raise Cain*, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scrap, scuffle, spat, squabble, tussle, wrangle, wrestle, altercate, kick up a row |
| Antonyms: | make peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | champion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advocate, support |
| Synonyms: | back, battle, contend, defend, espouse, go to bat for*, patronize, promote, support, uphold, fight for, plead for, put in a good word for, ride shotgun for, side with, stand behind, stand up for, thump for |
| Antonyms: | oppose, be against |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, defy, dispute, duel, engage, fight, oppose, repel, resist, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand, cross swords with, do battle with, go up against, put up a fight, shoot it out |
| Antonyms: | agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender |
| Main Entry: | compete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up against in contest |
| Synonyms: | attempt, bandy, battle, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go for*, grapple, joust, lock horns*, oppose, play, rival, spar, strive, struggle, take on, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle, be in the running, cope with, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, in the hunt, jockey for position, match strength, match wits, participate in, pit oneself against, run for, scramble for, seek prize, take part |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confrontation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle, contest, crisis, dispute, encounter, fight, meeting, showdown, strife, set-to |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | effort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, exertion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try*, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug*, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains |
| Antonyms: | hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fracas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, battle, battle royal*, brawl, broil*, brouhaha, dispute, donnybrook*, feud, flap*, fray, free-for-all*, hassle, melee, mix up*, quarrel, riot, row, ruffle, rumpus, run-in*, scrimmage, scuffle, squabble, stew*, trouble, tumult, uproar, words, bickering, knock-down-drag-out, ruction, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | free-for-all |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, fracas, fray, melee, riot, row, knock-down-drag-out, ruction |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grapple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle, deal with, do battle |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lay into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, battle, belabor, invade, lambaste, fire at, let fly at, set about |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords*, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out*, feud, fight, hassle, lock horns*, row, scrap, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle, altercate, be at loggerheads, find fault, get tough with, have it out, have words, mix it up, object to, set to, take exception |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withstand, oppose |
| Synonyms: | abide, antagonize, assail, assault, battle, bear, brook, buck, check, combat, confront, contend, continue, counteract, curb, defy, dispute, duel, endure, fight back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, refrain, refuse, remain, repel, stay, stonewall*, suffer, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather, abstain from, countervail, die hard, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, put up a fight, remain firm, stand up to, struggle against |
| Antonyms: | comply, conform, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighting, opposition |
| Synonyms: | battle, check, combat, contention, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, protection, rebuff, refusal, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, struggle, support, watch, blocking, counteraction, holding, impedance, impeding, intransigence, parrying, protecting, retardation, striking back, warding off, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conforming, cooperation, submission |
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, engagement, feud, fisticuffs*, fracas, fray, melee, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run-in*, scrap*, scuffle, strife, tiff, tussle, war |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, bicker, brawl, clash, combat, conflict, cross swords, dispute, engage, feud, grapple, quarrel, scrap, scuffle, spar, struggle, tussle, war, wrangle, wrestle, altercate, do battle, go to war, mix it up, wage war |
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