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, 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:
   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, 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, 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, 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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use struggle in a sentence?

1. Officer Christopher Smelser:

   Valenzuela was continually struggling to get away, once on the ground, during this struggle, Officer Smelser applied a vascular neck restraint technique to gain control, it is police policy that after any use of force, fire and ambulance are called upon to provide medical care, if necessary. Mr. Valenzuela was observed as non-responsive, EMS technicians attempted life-saving measures which were not successful.

2. Pete Buttigieg:

   We know that the struggle is not over, not even close. At a time like today when you can still be legally fired in so many parts of this country because of who you are or who you love, we have work to do.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   It does great things for families who have had to struggle with Covid, so many families have had to struggle, this is going to help.

4. Samuel Epitari:

   We will go back to our struggle.

5. Tricia Ferrara:

   Events like this sometimes defy language, and a teen may struggle to discuss. However, remain open for these emerging adults. They need to know that they matter and that the world's complexity is in dire need of their taking the time to think about and understand what it means to be global citizens.