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Main Entry: tussle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: struggle

Synonyms:

battle, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, donnybrook, encounter, fight, fray, free-for-all, grind, hassle, jam, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scramble, scrap*, scuffle, skirmish, strife, undertaking
Notes: to tousle is to dishevel or make something untidy; to tussle is to scuffle
Main Entry: tussle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: struggle

Synonyms:

battle, box, brawl, bump heads, conflict, contest, fight, go up against, grapple, hassle, lock horns, put up a fight, romp, rough-house, row, scrap, scuffle, tangle, wrestle
Main Entry: brawl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight nastily

Synonyms:

altercate, argue, battle, bicker, buck*, caterwaul, dispute, kick up a row, quarrel, raise Cain, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scrap, scuffle, spat, squabble, tussle, wrangle, wrestle

Antonyms:

make peace
Main Entry: brush
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight

Synonyms:

clash, conflict, confrontation, encounter, engagement, fracas, rub, run-in, scrap, set-to, skirmish, tap, touch, tussle
Main Entry: compete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go up against in contest

Synonyms:

attempt, bandy, battle, be in the running, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, cope with, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, go for, grapple, in the hunt, jockey for position, joust, lock horns, match strength, match wits, oppose, participate in, pit oneself against, play, rival, run for, scramble for, seek prize, spar, strive, struggle, take on, take part, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle
Main Entry: cope
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manage, contend

Synonyms:

battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle
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, dogfight, 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, set-to, skirmish, sparring match, strife, struggle, tiff, to-do, tussle, war, wrangling

Antonyms:

peace
Main Entry: fight
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: engage in physical encounter

Synonyms:

altercate, assault, attack, bandy with, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, brush with, buck, carry on war, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, flare up, go to war, grapple, joust, meet, mix it up, oppugn, ply weapons, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, tiff, tilt, traverse, tug, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle

Antonyms:

agree, make peace, surrender, yield
Main Entry: grapple
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grab, wrestle

Synonyms:

attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, deal with, do battle, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle

Antonyms:

let go, release
Main Entry: hassle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: problem, fight

Synonyms:

altercation, argument, bickering, bother, clamor, commotion, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, inconvenience, quarrel, row, run-in, squabble, struggle, trial, trouble, try, tumult, turmoil, tussle, uproar, upset, whirl, wrangle

Antonyms:

agreement, peace
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