Synonyms for struggle
ˈstrʌg əl

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. struggle, battle(noun)

   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, battle(noun)

   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. struggle(verb)

   strenuous effort

   "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

   Synonyms:
   battle, conflict

4. fight, struggle(verb)

   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. struggle(verb)

   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, sputter(verb)

   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, struggle(verb)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 6 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. struggle(n)

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. struggle(n)

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. struggle(v. n.)

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

2. struggle(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   contend, contest, fight, have a contest

3. struggle(n.)

   Synonyms:
   labor, endeavor, effort, exertion, pains

4. struggle(n.)

   Synonyms:
   contest, contention, conflict, strife, fight

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. struggle(n)

   Synonyms:
   conflict, contest, strife

2. struggle(v)

   Synonyms:
   strive, cope, grapple, labor

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1. List of paraphrases:

   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. Marwan Fathi:

   I still jump awake at night thinking an air strike is about to hit or that they are coming to take one of us, everyday is a struggle.

2. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo):

   The environment around us is constantly changing, including innovations, friends, employment and moving to a different location; those who accept and excel at adaptation have smoother transitions, while others struggle.

3. Uri Orbach:

   In order to succeed in this battle we must realize that this is yet another struggle between the sons of light and the sons of darkness. And light shall win. (on terrorist attack at the Chabad’s house in India)

4. Frederick Douglass:

   If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

5. Frederick Douglas:

   Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without planting up the ground. They want rain without thunder or lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. The struggle may not be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.

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