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Synonyms for struggle
ˈstrʌg əlstrug·gle
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
strugglenoun
Effort denotes the voluntary putting forth of power to attain or accomplish some specific thing; it reaches toward a definite end; exertion is a putting forth of power without special reference to an object. Every effort is an exertion, but not every exertion is an effort. Attempt is more experimental than effort, endeavor less strenuous but more continuous. An effort is a single act, an endeavor a continued series of acts; an endeavor is sustained and enduring, and may be lifelong; we do not have a society of Christian Attempt, or of Christian Effort, but of Christian Endeavor. A struggle is a violent effort or strenuous exertion. An essay is an attempt, effort, or endeavor made as a test of the powers of the one who makes it. Compare ENDEAVOR, v.
Synonyms:
attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavor, essay, exertion, trial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
strugglenoun
Synonyms:
contest, violent effort, labor, pains, agony
Princeton's WordNet
struggle, battlenoun
an energetic attempt to achieve something
"getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
Synonyms:
fight, battle, conflict, engagementconflict, struggle, battlenoun
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:
battle, difference of opinion, conflict, fight, dispute, engagement, differencestruggleverb
strenuous effort
"the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
fight, struggleverb
make a strenuous or labored effort
"She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
Synonyms:
fight, sputter, agitate, press, shin, scramble, defend, campaign, oppose, crusade, contend, skin, fight down, fight back, clamber, push, shinnystruggleverb
to exert strenuous effort against opposition
"he struggled to get free from the rope"
Synonyms:
scramble, fight, clamber, shin, shinny, sputter, skin, contendclamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputterverb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Synonyms:
fight, beat, contend, shin, splutter, jumble, scramble, throw together, bark, spit out, sputter, pare, scrape, skin, peel, clamber, shinnycontend, fight, struggleverb
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"
Synonyms:
fence, fight, make do, skin, sputter, shinny, agitate, crusade, shin, scramble, press, deal, vie, manage, compete, oppose, debate, argue, defend, repugn, postulate, grapple, campaign, fight down, contend, cope, make out, fight back, clamber, get by, push, contest
Dictionary of English Synonymes
struggleverb
Synonyms:
strive, labor, toil, endeavor, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's beststruggleverb
Synonyms:
contend, contest, fight, have a conteststrugglenoun
strugglenoun
Synonyms:
contest, contention, conflict, strife, fight
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#333 | control | |
#422 | press | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1452 | trial | |
#1509 | skin | |
#1845 | difference | |
#1992 | effort | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2541 | battle | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2750 | reduction | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3056 | attempt | |
#3106 | conflict | |
#3284 | debate | |
#3575 | contest | |
#3587 | push | |
#3676 | fighting | |
#4575 | combat | |
#5490 | essay | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#5741 | wrestling | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#6554 | compete | |
#7080 | argue | |
#7739 | defend | |
#8175 | fence | |
#9848 | cope | |
#11336 | strive | |
#11929 | peel | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#12440 | bark | |
#14639 | pains | |
#15477 | vie | |
#16173 | shin | |
#16219 | endeavor | |
#18225 | crusade | |
#20325 | contend | |
#20439 | agony | |
#24177 | strife | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#32152 | jumble | |
#32424 | scrape | |
#38020 | exertion | |
#38502 | grapple | |
#42771 | pare | |
#45450 | kamp | |
#48394 | postulate | |
#65403 | lucha | |
#78692 | sputter | |
#81282 | lutte | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#102076 | shinny | |
#119353 | nidal | |
#147504 | clamber | |
#223532 | splutter |
How to use struggle in a sentence?
It's a huge step forward and really catapults New York City to the forefront of the struggle for transgender rights, this is an extremely positive development for transgender New Yorkers who face enormous rates of discrimination, unemployment and difficulty accessing things like health care that people take for granted.
Having President Obama and the weight of the White House behind efforts to ban conversion therapy is so critical in the fight for transgender and LGB young people, my hope is that when a transgender person's struggle is acknowledged by one of the most recognizable figures in the world, it positively changes the way they view themselves. The pseudo-science that propels conversion therapy cannot match the self-acceptance that comes with this kind of change.
I’m still trying to get over the fact that I almost died, so that’s the biggest struggle first and then it’s like: I created her so how can something I created end up being my biggest blessing?
We struggle hard to climb to the top against all odds, not realizing whether the view from the top is worth its climb.The fulfillment of life seldom comes on heights and more often you get dizzy there losing balance and become fearful of a fall. In the circle of life nowhere on the periphery one could be stable. Be centered , get centralized , get MickeyMized.
I'm not sure what's been happening in Quebec, but it has definitely popped onto the map, this is perhaps partly to do with Quebec’s highly secular culture … but also the struggle to retain a French identity.
Translations for struggle
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- strydAfrikaans
- كفاح, كافح, نضال, النArabic
- змаганне, бітва, змагацца, біцца, бой, барацьбаBelarusian
- боря, битка, бия, борбаBulgarian
- lluitaCatalan, Valencian
- zápasit, boj, zápas, bitvaCzech
- kamp, kæmpeDanish
- tun, Kampf, durchbeißenGerman
- αγώναςGreek
- esforzarse con denuedo, lucha, lucharSpanish
- پیکار, کلنجارPersian
- kamppailla, taistelu, ponnistellaFinnish
- lutte, combattre, s'efforcer, lutterFrench
- sníomhIrish
- iomairtScottish Gaelic
- viaskodik, harcol, küzdelem, küzdHungarian
- lotta, lottareItalian
- 闘争, 奮闘Japanese
- 투쟁Korean
- خهبات, تێکۆشانKurdish
- takaoraoratanga, tāruketanga, oke, hōkariri, takaoraora, tāruke, okeoke, tawhetatanga, parawhetawheta, nonoke, nonoketangaMāori
- борба, бориMacedonian
- gevecht, moeite hebben met, strijd, worstelen, vechtenDutch
- streve, kjempe, slåss, sliteNorwegian
- bój, walka, bić, bitwa, walczyćPolish
- debater-se, luta, lutarPortuguese
- zbate, luptaRomanian
- битва, бороться, биться, бой, сражаться, борьба, дратьсяRussian
- битка, boj, борба, bitka, borba, boriti, бој, боритиSerbo-Croatian
- bitka, biť, zápas, bojovať, bojSlovak
- borba, boriti, bojSlovene
- kamp, kämpaSwedish
- పోరాటంTelugu
- mücadele etmekTurkish
- битися, боротьба, битва, боротися, бійUkrainian
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