Antonyms for fight
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1. fight

   Conflict is a general word which describes opponents, whether individuals or hosts, as dashed together. One continuous conflict between entire armies is a battle. Another battle may be fought upon the same field after a considerable interval; or a new battle may follow immediately, the armies meeting upon a new field. An action is brief and partial; a battle may last for days. Engagement is a somewhat formal expression for battle; as, it was the commander's purpose to avoid a general engagement. A protracted war, including many battles, may be a stubborn contest. Combat, originally a hostile encounter between individuals, is now used also for extensive engagements. A skirmish is between small detachments or scattered troops. An encounter may be either purposed or accidental, between individuals or armed forces. Fight is a word of less dignity than battle; we should not ordinarily speak of Waterloo as a fight, unless where the word is used in the sense of fighting; as, I was in the thick of the fight.

   Antonyms:
   armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, truce

   Synonyms:
   action, affair, battle, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, passage of arms, skirmish, strife

   Preposition:
   A battle of giants; battle between armies; a battle for life, against invaders; a battle to the death; the battle of (more rarely at) Marathon.

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1. fight

   Antonyms:
   pacification, reconciliation

   Synonyms:
   battle, contention, struggle, conflict, combat, contest, action, engagement, encounter

Matched Categories

1. • Aggressiveness
   • Conflict
   • Controversy
   • Try

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1. battle, conflict, fight, engagementnoun

   a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

   "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

   Synonyms:
   conflict, 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. fight, fighting, combat, scrapnoun

   the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

   "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

   Synonyms:
   bit, flake, battle, fleck, fighting, conflict, rubbish, trash, scrap, competitiveness, armed combat, combat, engagement, chip

3. competitiveness, fightnoun

   an aggressive willingness to compete

   "the team was full of fight"

   Synonyms:
   battle, fighting, conflict, scrap, competitiveness, combat, engagement

4. fightnoun

   an intense verbal dispute

   "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"

   Synonyms:
   competitiveness, battle, conflict, fighting, engagement, combat, scrap

5. fightverb

   a boxing or wrestling match

   "the fight was on television last night"

   Synonyms:
   competitiveness, battle, conflict, fighting, engagement, combat, scrap

6. 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, 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. fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defendverb

   fight against or resist strongly

   "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"

   Synonyms:
   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. fight, struggleverb

   make a strenuous or labored effort

   "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

   Synonyms:
   sputter, agitate, press, shin, scramble, struggle, defend, campaign, oppose, crusade, contend, skin, fight down, fight back, clamber, push, shinny

9. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb

   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

   "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

   Synonyms:
   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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1. fightnoun

   Synonyms:
   combat, battle, engagement, struggle, encounter, fray, affray, mêlée, scrimmage , pugnacity, belligerence

   Associated words:
   militant, combative, combativeness, bellicose, belligerent, pugnacious

2. fightverb

   Synonyms:
   battle, combat, militate, struggle, cope with

How to use fight in a sentence?

1. Laura McQuade:

   Kansans and their health care providers are not Mr. Brownback's punching bag and we will fight back.

2. Now Trump:

   Lindsey and Mike should be ashamed of themselves for not putting up the fight necessary to win.

3. First Lady:

   I know the struggles many of you face: how you walk the long way home to avoid the gangs; how you fight to concentrate on your schoolwork when there's too much noise at home; how you keep it together when your family's having a hard time making ends meet.

4. Donald Trump:

   I'm hearing that I hear they are hitting both, if Russia wants to go in and if Russia want to fight -- in particular ISIS, and they do and one of the reasons they do is because they don't want ISIS coming into their country and that's going to be the next step. So that's why they're there.

5. Muhammad Ali:

   The fight is won or lost far away from witnessesbehind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

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