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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
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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?
This is a long, difficult struggle that we're engaged in, and it's going to require all kinds of tools.
John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley:
We find that after years of struggle we do not take a journey, but rather a journey takes us.
Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter:
We are still reeling from Hurricane Laura, much progress has been made since Hurricane Laura, but there are still many people going through pain and struggle.
This is a conversation about building an equitable Seattle, where those who work, that struggle economically - those who just struggle, period - can live in this city.
It is a very lonely experience to suffer from any disease or disorder on your own, then there’s the guilt that they’re not pleasing Allah and they’re not being good Muslims. So, we challenge perfectionism in Islam, perfectionism as Muslims during Ramadan, because a lot of people struggle.
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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