1. (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• battle
• conflict
• engagement

2. (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• combat
• fighting
• scrap

3. (noun) an aggressive willingness to compete

• competitiveness

4. (verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• contend
• struggle

5. (verb) fight against or resist strongly

• defend
• fight back
• fight down
• oppose

6. (verb) make a strenuous or labored effort

• struggle

7. (verb) 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

• agitate
• campaign
• crusade
• press
• push

1. (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• action
• military action

2. (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• battle
• conflict
• struggle

3. (noun) an aggressive willingness to compete

• aggressiveness

4. (noun) an intense verbal dispute

• arguing
• argument
• contention
• contestation
• controversy
• disceptation
• disputation
• tilt

5. (noun) a boxing or wrestling match

• boxing
• fisticuffs
• pugilism

6. (verb) fight against or resist strongly

• contend
• struggle

7. (verb) make a strenuous or labored effort

• assay
• attempt
• essay
• seek
• try

8. (verb) 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

• advertise
• advertize
• promote
• push

1. (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• armageddon
• armed combat
• combat
• assault
• dogfight
• naval battle
• pitched battle

2. (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• affaire d'honneur
• duel
• affray
• disturbance
• fray
• ruffle
• banging
• battering
• beating
• whipping
• brawl
• free-for-all
• brush
• clash
• encounter
• skirmish
• close-quarter fighting
• cut-and-thrust
• knife fight
• snickersnee
• dogfight
• dogfight
• hassle
• rough-and-tumble
• scuffle
• tussle
• fencing
• fistfight
• fisticuffs
• slugfest
• gang fight
• rumble
• gunfight
• gunplay
• shootout
• impact
• shock
• in-fighting
• set-to
• single combat

3. (verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• assail
• attack
• bandy
• battle
• combat
• bear down
• box
• chicken-fight
• chickenfight
• defend
• fight back
• fight down
• oppose
• duel
• engage
• wage
• fence
• feud
• fight back
• fistfight
• get back
• settle
• join battle
• joust
• scuffle
• tussle
• skirmish
• spar
• tourney
• tug
• war
• wrestle

4. (verb) fight against or resist strongly

• drive back
• fight off
• rebuff
• repel
• repulse
• fend
• resist
• stand
• hold out
• resist
• stand firm
• withstand
• recalcitrate

5. (verb) make a strenuous or labored effort

• drive
• labor
• labour
• push
• tug
• flounder

1. (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• armed forces
• armed services
• military
• military machine
• war machine

1. (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• battle
• combat
• contend
• struggle
• engage
• wage

2. (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• altercate
• argufy
• dispute
• quarrel
• scrap
• battle
• combat
• contend
• contend
• struggle
• struggle
• scrappy

3. (noun) an aggressive willingness to compete

• competitive
• militant
• competitive
• competitory
• struggle

4. (noun) an intense verbal dispute

• defend
• fight back
• fight down
• oppose

5. (noun) a boxing or wrestling match

• contend
• struggle

6. (verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• attack aircraft
• fighter
• fighter aircraft
• battle
• conflict
• engagement
• battle
• conflict
• struggle
• battler
• belligerent
• combatant
• fighter
• scrapper
• combat
• combat
• fighting
• fighting
• scrap
• scrap

7. (verb) fight against or resist strongly

• adversary
• antagonist
• opponent
• opposer
• resister
• attack aircraft
• fighter
• fighter aircraft
• battler
• belligerent
• combatant
• fighter
• scrapper
• confrontation
• opposition
• defensive
• justificative
• justificatory
• opponent
• opposing

8. (verb) make a strenuous or labored effort

• battle
• struggle
• competitiveness
• struggle
• struggler

9. (verb) 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

• campaign
• campaign
• cause
• cause
• crusade
• crusade
• drive
• drive
• effort
• effort
• movement
• movement
• champion
• fighter
• hero
• paladin
• crusader
• meliorist
• reformer
• reformist
• social reformer
• energy
• get-up-and-go
• push

1. (verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• drive back
• fight off
• rebuff
• repel
• repulse