STRUGGLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • strenuous effort
   Usage Example(s)
   • the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her
   Hypernyms(s) struggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • effort (what does effort mean?)
   • elbow grease (what does elbow grease mean?)
   • exertion (what does exertion mean?)
   • travail (what does travail mean?)
   • sweat (what does sweat mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • wrestle (what does wrestle mean?)
   • wrestling (what does wrestling mean?)
   • grapple (what does grapple mean?)
   • grappling (what does grappling mean?)
   • hand-to-hand struggle (what does hand-to-hand struggle mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • clamber (what does clamber mean?)
   • scramble (what does scramble mean?)
   • shin (what does shin mean?)
   • shinny (what does shinny mean?)
   • skin (what does skin mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • sputter (what does sputter mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an energetic attempt to achieve something
   Synonym(s)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • getting through the crowd was a real struggle
   • he fought a battle for recognition
   Hypernyms(s) struggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attempt (what does attempt mean?)
   • effort (what does effort mean?)
   • endeavor (what does endeavor mean?)
   • endeavour (what does endeavour mean?)
   • try (what does try mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • duel (what does duel mean?)
   • scramble (what does scramble mean?)
   • scuffle (what does scuffle mean?)
   • joust (what does joust mean?)
   • tilt (what does tilt mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
   Synonym(s)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   • conflict (what does conflict mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph–Thomas Paine
   • police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
   Hypernyms(s) struggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • group action (what does group action mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • class struggle (what does class struggle mean?)
   • class war (what does class war mean?)
   • class warfare (what does class warfare mean?)
   • rebellion (what does rebellion mean?)
   • insurrection (what does insurrection mean?)
   • revolt (what does revolt mean?)
   • rising (what does rising mean?)
   • uprising (what does uprising mean?)
   • pacification (what does pacification mean?)
   • counterinsurgency (what does counterinsurgency mean?)
   • strife (what does strife mean?)
   • tug-of-war (what does tug-of-war mean?)
   • turf war (what does turf war mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • fighting (what does fighting mean?)
   • combat (what does combat mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   • feud (what does feud mean?)
   • war (what does war mean?)
   • warfare (what does warfare mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   • combat (what does combat mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)

STRUGGLE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • be engaged in a fight
   • carry on a fight
   Synonym(s)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the tribesmen fought each other
   • Siblings are always fighting
   Hyponym(s)
   • bear down (what does bear down mean?)
   • fistfight (what does fistfight mean?)
   • join battle (what does join battle mean?)
   • tug (what does tug mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • oppose (what does oppose mean?)
   • fight back (what does fight back mean?)
   • fight down (what does fight down mean?)
   • defend (what does defend mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   • get back (what does get back mean?)
   • fight back (what does fight back mean?)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   • combat (what does combat mean?)
   • war (what does war mean?)
   • attack (what does attack mean?)
   • assail (what does assail mean?)
   • duel (what does duel mean?)
   • joust (what does joust mean?)
   • chicken-fight (what does chicken-fight mean?)
   • chickenfight (what does chickenfight mean?)
   • tourney (what does tourney mean?)
   • feud (what does feud mean?)
   • skirmish (what does skirmish mean?)
   • bandy (what does bandy mean?)
   • fence (what does fence mean?)
   • box (what does box mean?)
   • spar (what does spar mean?)
   • scuffle (what does scuffle mean?)
   • tussle (what does tussle mean?)
   • wrestle (what does wrestle mean?)
   • engage (what does engage mean?)
   • wage (what does wage mean?)
   See Also
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • fight off (what does fight off mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • drive back (what does drive back mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • conflict (what does conflict mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • bout (what does bout mean?)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   • conflict (what does conflict mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • engagement (what does engagement mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • fighting (what does fighting mean?)
   • combat (what does combat mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   • combatant (what does combatant mean?)
   • battler (what does battler mean?)
   • belligerent (what does belligerent mean?)
   • fighter (what does fighter mean?)
   • scrapper (what does scrapper mean?)
   • fighter (what does fighter mean?)
   • fighter aircraft (what does fighter aircraft mean?)
   • attack aircraft (what does attack aircraft mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • fighting (what does fighting mean?)
   • combat (what does combat mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • compete (what does compete mean?)
   • vie (what does vie mean?)
   • contend (what does contend mean?)
2. Meaning
   • to exert strenuous effort against opposition
   Usage Example(s)
   • he struggled to get free from the rope
   Hypernyms(s) struggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • endeavor (what does endeavor mean?)
   • endeavour (what does endeavour mean?)
   • strive (what does strive mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • struggler (what does struggler mean?)
3. Meaning
   • climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
   Synonym(s)
   • clamber (what does clamber mean?)
   • scramble (what does scramble mean?)
   • shin (what does shin mean?)
   • shinny (what does shinny mean?)
   • skin (what does skin mean?)
   • sputter (what does sputter mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) struggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • climb (what does climb mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • clamber (what does clamber mean?)
4. Meaning
   • make a strenuous or labored effort
   Synonym(s)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She struggled for years to survive without welfare
   • He fought for breath
   Hypernyms(s) struggle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • try (what does try mean?)
   • seek (what does seek mean?)
   • attempt (what does attempt mean?)
   • essay (what does essay mean?)
   • assay (what does assay mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • tug (what does tug mean?)
   • labor (what does labor mean?)
   • labour (what does labour mean?)
   • push (what does push mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • flounder (what does flounder mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • struggle (what does struggle mean?)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   • struggler (what does struggler mean?)
   • competitiveness (what does competitiveness mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)