Synonyms for struggle
ˈstrʌg əlstrug·gle

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 6 votes

1. 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strugglenoun

   Synonyms:
   contest, violent effort, labor, pains, agony

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. struggle, battlenoun

   an energetic attempt to achieve something

   "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"

   Synonyms:
   fight, struggle, battle, conflict, engagement

2. conflict, 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:
   struggle, battle, difference of opinion, conflict, fight, dispute, engagement, difference

3. struggleverb

   strenuous effort

   "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

   Synonyms:
   battle, conflict

4. 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, struggle, defend, campaign, oppose, crusade, contend, skin, fight down, fight back, clamber, push, shinny

5. struggleverb

   to exert strenuous effort against opposition

   "he struggled to get free from the rope"

   Synonyms:
   scramble, fight, clamber, shin, shinny, sputter, skin, contend

6. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputterverb

   climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

   Synonyms:
   fight, beat, contend, shin, splutter, jumble, scramble, throw together, struggle, bark, spit out, sputter, pare, scrape, skin, peel, clamber, shinny

7. contend, 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, struggle, debate, argue, defend, repugn, postulate, grapple, campaign, fight down, contend, cope, make out, fight back, clamber, get by, push, contest

Matched Categories

1. • Strive
   • Try

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. struggleverb

   Synonyms:
   strive, labor, toil, endeavor, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best

2. struggleverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, contest, fight, have a contest

3. strugglenoun

   Synonyms:
   labor, endeavor, effort, exertion, pains

4. strugglenoun

   Synonyms:
   contest, contention, conflict, strife, fight

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. strugglenoun

   Synonyms:
   conflict, contest, strife

2. struggleverb

   Synonyms:
   strive, cope, grapple, labor

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1. List of paraphrases for "struggle":

   fight, battle, nidal, fighting, lutte, kamp, combat, reduction, kifah, fight, strife, conflict, control, nedal, lucha, wrestling, campaign, strive

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1. Patrick Penfield:

   Large retailers have an enormous advantage over small stores because of their scale, resources, supplier relationships and systems, smaller retailers are going to really struggle to fill their shelves. It's going to be a difficult holiday season for them.

2. Dr. Jose P. Rizal:

   The Filipino loves his country no less than the Spaniard does his, and although he is quieter, more peaceful and with more difficulty stirred up, once aroused he does not hesitate and for him the struggle means death to the finish. He has both the meekness and ferocity of the carabao. Climate affects bipeds in the same way it does quadrupeds.

3. Christos Kechagias:

   It revives Greeks' hopes that despite their big struggle to survive there is a 'holy grail' that will reconnect them to a period of glory and power, in times of crisis, people have the chance to redefine their identity.

4. Michael Madigan:

   We are involved in a historic struggle between two branches of government.

5. John Heubusch:

   But Fox News is going to be a very long struggle, and I think the sooner that we can get them everything they need, the closer we are to the moment where this all ends.