Noun

• S: (n) struggle (struggle%1:04:01::), battle (battle%1:04:01::) (an energetic attempt to achieve something) "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
• S: (n) conflict (conflict%1:04:00::), struggle (struggle%1:04:02::), battle (battle%1:04:02::) (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"
• S: (n) struggle (struggle%1:04:00::) (strenuous effort) "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) fight (fight%2:41:00::), struggle (struggle%2:41:00::) (make a strenuous or labored effort) "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
• S: (v) struggle (struggle%2:35:00::) (to exert strenuous effort against opposition) "he struggled to get free from the rope"
• S: (v) clamber (clamber%2:38:00::), scramble (scramble%2:38:01::), shin (shin%2:38:00::), shinny (shinny%2:38:00::), skin (skin%2:38:00::), struggle (struggle%2:38:00::), sputter (sputter%2:38:00::) (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
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• S: (v) contend (contend%2:33:01::), fight (fight%2:33:00::), struggle (struggle%2:33:00::) (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"