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duel - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | duel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | bout, challenge, engagement, fencing, joust, affair of honor, shootout, single combat, sword fight |
| Main Entry: | buck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist, kick off |
| Synonyms: | bound, combat, contest, dislodge, dispute, duel, fight, jerk, jump, leap, oppose, prance, repel, start, throw, traverse, trip, unseat, vault, withstand |
| 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: | feud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight bitterly; fall out |
| Synonyms: | bicker, brawl, clash, contend, dispute, duel, quarrel, row, squabble, war, be at daggers with, be at odds |
| Antonyms: | agree, socialize, make peace |
| 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: | rivalry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
| Synonyms: | antagonism, bout, candidacy, clash, conflict, contest, duel, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, jealousy, match, opposition, race, sport, strife, struggle, tournament, athletic event, emulation, matchup, one on one, tug-of-war |
| Main Entry: | tournament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sporting competition |
| Synonyms: | clash, contest, duel, event, fight, joust, match, meet, meeting, series, sport, test, tilt, games, tourney |
| Main Entry: | withstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | brace, brave, buck, combat, confront, contest, cope, cross, defy, dispute, duel, face, fight, fly in the face of, grapple with, hang on*, hang tough*, hold off*, hold one's ground, hold out*, oppose, prevail against, put up struggle, put up with, remain firm, repel, resist, ride out*, sit and take it, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand up against, stand up to, stick fast, stick*, suffer, take, take it*, take on, thwart, tolerate, traverse, violate, weather, win out |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come to blows |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to physically fight |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, battle, bear arms, box, brawl, challenge, clash, cross swords, dispute, duel, feud, fight, joust, quarrel, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, do battle, exchange blows, mix it up, ply weapons, wage war |
| Main Entry: | prize fight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boxing match |
| Synonyms: | bout, duel, fight, fisticuffs, match, slugfest, fight game, fistic sport, haymaker, prizefighting, pugilism |
| Main Entry: | Roman holiday |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time of debauchery |
| Synonyms: | duel, ethnic cleansing, final solution, gladiatorial combat |
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical encounter |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, bout, brawl, broil, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, controversy, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, dissension, duel, engagement, exchange, feud, fisticuffs*, fracas, fray, free-for-all*, fuss, hostility, joust, match, melee, quarrel, riot, rivalry, round, row, ruckus, rumble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, strife, struggle, tiff, to-do*, tussle, war, dogfight, set-to*, sparring match, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | engage in physical encounter |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, buck, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, duel, feud, grapple, joust, meet, oppugn, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, tiff*, tilt*, traverse, tug, tussle, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle, altercate, bandy with, brush with, carry on war, do battle, exchange blows, flare up, go to war, mix it up, ply weapons, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, wage war |
| Antonyms: | agree, surrender, yield, make peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, antagonism |
| Synonyms: | action, antithesis, aversion, brush, civil disobedience, clash, combat, competition, con, conflict, confronting, contention, contest, defense, defiance, disapproval, duel, encounter, engagement, fray, grapple, hostility, prevention, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, violation, war, warfare, antinomy, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, counterattack, negativism, obstructiveness, opposure, oppugnancy, unfriendliness |
| Antonyms: | compatibility, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | repel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push away; repulse |
| Synonyms: | beat back, beat off, brush off, buck, cast aside, chase away, check, confront, cool*, cut, decline, dismiss, disown, dispute, drive away, drive back, drive off, duel, fend off, fight, force back, force off, give cold shoulder to, hold back, hold off, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, keep off, kick, knock down, oppose, parry, push back, put down, put to flight, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, resist, stand up against, stave off, traverse, turn down, ward off, withstand |
| Antonyms: | attract, draw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, gang up on, hassle, lay out, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, sock*, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle, altercate, fight over, knuckle with, lay a finger on, put on gloves, put up dukes, set to, square off |
| Antonyms: | agree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | attack, bout, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contest, duel, encounter, fracas, joust, meet, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tournament, tussle, set-to, tourney |
| Antonyms: | agreement, surrender |
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, fight |
| Synonyms: | break, charge, clash, combat, contend, cross swords*, duel, encounter, joust, overthrow, spar, thrust |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist, contradict |
| Synonyms: | balk, buck, check, combat, contest, contravene, counter, counteract, cross, deny, disaffirm, dispute, duel, fight, frustrate, gainsay, hinder, impede, impugn, negate, negative, obstruct, oppose, repel, thwart, withstand, go against |
| Antonyms: | back up, confirm |
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