Noun

• S: (n) wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle (the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat) "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

Verb

• S: (v) wrestle (combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force) "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
• S: (v) wrestle (engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate) "I wrestled with this decision for years"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate (think about carefully; weigh) "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
• S: (v) hash out, discuss, talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion) "We discussed our household budget"
• S: (v) talk of, talk about (discuss or mention) "They spoke of many things"
• S: (v) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise (express in speech) "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
• S: (v) communicate, intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings) "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
• S: (v) interact (act together or towards others or with others) "He should interact more with his colleagues"
• S: (v) act, move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist (to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)) "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
• S: (v) wrestle (engage in a wrestling match) "The children wrestled in the garden"