1. (noun) battle, conflict, fight, engagement
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Synonyms: conflict, fight, competitiveness, troth, engagement, fighting, booking, difference, struggle, mesh, interlocking, betrothal, battle, involution, difference of opinion, participation, employment, dispute, scrap, appointment, meshing, involvement, combat, date
2. (noun) fight, fighting, combat, scrap
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Synonyms: bit, flake, battle, fleck, fighting, conflict, rubbish, trash, fight, scrap, competitiveness, armed combat, combat, engagement, chip
3. (noun) competitiveness, fight
an aggressive willingness to compete
Synonyms: battle, fighting, conflict, fight, scrap, competitiveness, combat, engagement
4. (noun) fight
an intense verbal dispute
Synonyms: competitiveness, battle, conflict, fighting, engagement, combat, scrap
5. (verb) fight
a boxing or wrestling match
Synonyms: competitiveness, battle, conflict, fighting, engagement, combat, scrap
6. (verb) contend, fight, struggle
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
Synonyms: fence, fight, make do, skin, sputter, shinny, agitate, crusade, shin, scramble, press, deal, vie, manage, compete, oppose, struggle, debate, argue, defend, repugn, postulate, grapple, campaign, fight down, contend, cope, make out, fight back, clamber, get by, push, contest
7. (verb) fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
fight against or resist strongly
Synonyms: fight, play off, counterbalance, represent, agitate, champion, press, support, guard, hold, defend, campaign, oppose, struggle, match, react, pit, controvert, fend for, contradict, contend, maintain, fight down, fight back, crusade, push
8. (verb) fight, struggle
make a strenuous or labored effort
Synonyms: fight, sputter, agitate, press, shin, scramble, struggle, defend, campaign, oppose, crusade, contend, skin, fight down, fight back, clamber, push, shinny
9. (verb) crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
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: fight, tug, excite, iron out, press out, crowd, raise up, shake up, shake, commove, run, press, vex, agitate, advertize, adjure, stir, budge, shift, urge on, weight-lift, promote, foment, turn on, rouse, compress, urge, struggle, oppose, entreat, contend, beseech, contract, iron, crusade, defend, fight back, squeeze, charge, compact, bear on, drive, exhort, labor, force, stir up, bid, charge up, push, fight down, campaign, take the field, weigh, conjure, constrict, disturb, advertise, weightlift, labour
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