Synonyms:
struggle, battle
Meaning: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
Synonyms:
conflict, struggle, battle
Meaning: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
Synonyms:
struggle
Meaning: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
fight, struggle
Meaning: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
Synonyms:
struggle
Meaning: to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
Synonyms:
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter
Meaning: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Synonyms:
contend, fight, struggle
Meaning: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
Usage examples
"Violence! Struggle!"
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FIRE.
Still the struggle was not over.
"It really isn't worth the struggle."
Every form of life is a struggle in flesh.
A quick, desperate, silent struggle followed.
Lie still, you little fool, it is useless to struggle.
Ceasing to struggle, he rested in half stupour, panting.
Kitty was too far gone to make any very serious struggle.
His face expressed his struggle between conflicting ideas.