fight - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a boxing or wrestling match

Synonyms

• fight

More generic

• boxing
• fisticuffs
• pugilism

Noun

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

Synonyms

• battle
• conflict
• engagement
• fight

More generic

• action
• military action

More specific

• Armageddon
• armed combat
• assault
• combat
• dogfight
• naval battle
• pitched battle

Related

• war
• warfare

Noun

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

Synonyms

• combat
• fight
• fighting
• scrap

More generic

• battle
• conflict
• struggle

More specific

• affaire d'honneur
• affray
• banging
• battering
• beating
• brawl
• brush
• clash
• close-quarter fighting
• cut-and-thrust
• disturbance
• dogfight
• duel
• encounter
• fencing
• fistfight
• fisticuffs
• fray
• free-for-all
• gang fight
• gunfight
• gunplay
• hassle
• impact
• in-fighting
• knife fight
• rough-and-tumble
• ruffle
• rumble
• scuffle
• set-to
• shock
• shootout
• single combat
• skirmish
• slugfest
• snickersnee
• tussle
• whipping

Related

• blow

Noun

an aggressive willingness to compete

Synonyms

• competitiveness
• fight

More generic

• aggressiveness

Noun

an intense verbal dispute

Synonyms

• fight

More generic

• arguing
• argument
• contention
• contestation
• controversy
• disceptation
• disputation
• tilt

Verb

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

Synonyms

• contend
• fight
• struggle

More specific

• assail
• attack
• bandy
• battle
• bear down
• box
• chicken-fight
• chickenfight
• combat
• defend
• duel
• engage
• fence
• feud
• fight
• fight back
• fight down
• fistfight
• get back
• join battle
• joust
• oppose
• scuffle
• settle
• skirmish
• spar
• tourney
• tug
• tussle
• wage
• war
• wrestle

Also See

• fight off

Related

• compete
• contend
• vie

Verb

fight against or resist strongly

Synonyms

• defend
• fight
• fight back
• fight down
• oppose

More generic

• contend
• fight
• struggle

More specific

• drive back
• fend
• fight off
• hold out
• rebuff
• recalcitrate
• repel
• repulse
• resist
• stand
• stand firm
• withstand

Verb

make a strenuous or labored effort

Synonyms

• fight
• struggle

More generic

• assay
• attempt
• essay
• seek
• try

More specific

• drive
• flounder
• labor
• labour
• push
• tug

Verb

exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

Synonyms

• agitate
• campaign
• crusade
• fight
• press
• push

More generic

• advertise
• advertize
• promote
• push

Related

• advertise
• advertize
• promote
• push

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