fight

1. verb

1)

two men were fighting

Syn:

brawl, exchange blows, attack each other, assault each other, hit each other, punch each other; struggle, grapple, wrestle; informal scrap, have a set-to, roughhouse, engage in fisticuffs

2)

they fought in the First World War

Syn:

(do) battle, go to war, take up arms, be a soldier; engage, meet, clash, skirmish

3)

a war fought for freedom

Syn:

engage in, wage, conduct, prosecute, undertake

4)

they are always fighting

Syn:

quarrel, argue, bicker, squabble, fall out, have a fight, have a row, wrangle, be at odds, disagree, differ, have words, bandy words, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads; informal scrap

5)

fighting against wage reductions

Syn:

campaign, strive, battle, struggle, contend, crusade, agitate, lobby, push, press

6)

they will fight the decision

Syn:

oppose, contest, contend with, confront, challenge, combat, dispute, quarrel with, argue against/with, strive against, struggle against

7)

Tyler fought the urge to stick his tongue out

Syn:

repress, restrain, suppress, stifle, smother, hold back, fight back, keep in check, curb, control, rein in, choke back; informal keep the lid on

2. noun

1)

a fight outside a club

Syn:

brawl, fracas, melee, rumpus, skirmish, sparring match, struggle, scuffle, altercation, clash, disturbance; fisticuffs; informal scrap, set-to, donnybrook

2)

a heavyweight fight

Syn:

boxing match, bout, match

3)

Japan's fight against Russia

Syn:

battle, engagement, clash, conflict, struggle; war, campaign, crusade, action, hostilities

4)

a fight with my girlfriend

Syn:

argument, quarrel, squabble, row, wrangle, disagreement, falling-out, contretemps, altercation, dispute; informal tiff, spat, scrap, cat fight, blowup

5)

their fight for control of the company

Syn:

struggle, battle, campaign, push, effort

6)

she had no fight left in her

Syn:

will to resist, resistance, spirit, courage, pluck, pluckiness, grit, strength, backbone, determination, resolution, resolve, resoluteness, aggression, aggressiveness; informal guts, spunk, moxie

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- fight back

- fight off