Definition for Fight:

• To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against.

Synonyms for Fight:

• n.

  •
  • incursion,
  • brush,
  • controversy,
  • contention,
  • go,
  • argument,
  • fray,
  • mission,
  • game,
  • collision,
  • free-for-all,
  • rivalry,
  • scrimmage,
  • hassle,
  • joust,
  • clash,
  • altercation,
  • dissension,
  • round,
  • pitched battle,
  • tilt,
  • fisticuffs,
  • estrangement,
  • melee,
  • tiff.
  •
  • courage,
  • belligerence,
  • mettle,
  • hardihood.
  •
  • dynamism,
  • determination,
  • energy,
  • tangle,
  • perseverance,
  • wrangle,
  • will,
  • aspiration,
  • ambition,
  • motivation,
  • resolve.
  •
  • boxing,
  • arm-wrestling,
  • bare-knuckle,
  • boxer,
  • box,
  • corner,
  • bantamweight.
  •
  • effort,
  • chase,
  • stand.
  •
  • strain,
  • attempt,
  • work,
  • try.
  •
  • conceal,
  • master.
  •
  • duke.
  •
  • cover,
  • aim,
  • load,
  • fire.
  •
  • dissent,
  • reject.
  •aggressiveness (noun)
  • fighting spirit.
  •agitation (noun)
  • turbulence.
  •attack (noun)
  • bloodshed,
  • barrage,
  • invasion,
  • combat,
  • warfare,
  • bombardment,
  • charge,
  • siege,
  • raid,
  • offense,
  • onslaught,
  • battle,
  • storm,
  • tirade,
  • sortie,
  • spasm,
  • outbreak,
  • foray,
  • war,
  • thrust,
  • furor,
  • strike.
  •battle (noun)
  • engagement.
  •bravery (noun)
  • valor.
  •competition (noun)
  • tug-of-war,
  • strife,
  • concours.
  •conflict (noun)
  • confrontation.
  •confrontation (noun)
  • set-to,
  • face-off.
  •contention (noun)
  • wrestling.
  •contentiousness (noun)
  • quarrelsomeness.
  •courage, will to resist (noun)
  • boldness,
  • pluck,
  • attack,
  • resistance,
  • backbone,
  • spirit,
  • militancy,
  • gameness.
  •disorder (noun)
  • terrorism.
  •fight (noun)
  • agitate,
  • competitiveness,
  • crusade,
  • press,
  • bout,
  • fighting.
  •fight back (noun)
  • curb,
  • counter-attack,
  • check,
  • repress,
  • hold out against,
  • restrain,
  • suppress,
  • hold back,
  • control.
  •fight off (noun)
  • drive,
  • bovver,
  • dispute,
  • scrap,
  • scuffle,
  • skirmish,
  • Hostilities,
  • punch-up,
  • fracas,
  • contest,
  • difference of opinion,
  • rebuff.
  •opposition (noun)
  • defiance,
  • contradiction,
  • antagonism,
  • counteraction,
  • hindrance,
  • friction,
  • interference,
  • counterattack,
  • repression,
  • suppression,
  • obstinacy,
  • adversary,
  • obstruction,
  • opposition,
  • objection,
  • repulsion,
  • inhibition,
  • impediment.
  •physical encounter (noun)
  • broil,
  • sparring match,
  • wrangling,
  • match,
  • hostility.
  •polemic (noun)
  • dustup.
  •resistance (noun)
  • Renitence,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • Renitency.
  •roughness (noun)
  • roughhouse.
  •scrimmage (noun)
  • scrabble.
  •violence (noun)
  • fierceness,
  • vandalism,
  • barbarity,
  • inhumanity,
  • brutishness,
  • rage,
  • outrage,
  • commotion,
  • turmoil,
  • intensity,
  • uproar,
  • fury,
  • thuggery,
  • frenzy,
  • torture,
  • vehemence,
  • brutality,
  • ferocity,
  • savagery,
  • violence,
  • insurrection,
  • abuse,
  • atrocity.
  •warfare (noun)
  • jihad,
  • warpath,
  • guerre,
  • scramble,
  • offensive.

• v.

  •attack (verb)
  • bombard,
  • scorch,
  • harry,
  • violate,
  • scarify,
  • invade,
  • scathe,
  • savage,
  • flay,
  • trounce,
  • pound,
  • hammer,
  • batter,
  • lunge,
  • assail,
  • lash,
  • slash.
  •battle (verb)
  • lay into,
  • engage,
  • make war.
  •competition (verb)
  • contend,
  • struggle.
  •engage in physical encounter (verb)
  • assault,
  • carry on war,
  • brush with,
  • rowdy,
  • bandy with,
  • challenge,
  • tug,
  • oppugn,
  • go to war,
  • take all comers,
  • take up the gauntlet,
  • resist,
  • take the field,
  • bear arms,
  • protect.
  •oppose (verb)
  • contradict,
  • object,
  • cross,
  • repulse,
  • interfere,
  • defy,
  • meddle,
  • intercept,
  • counter,
  • oppress,
  • inhibit,
  • counteract,
  • confront,
  • impede,
  • antagonize,
  • hinder,
  • obstruct.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disturbance,
  • ballyhoo,
  • haggle,
  • remonstrate,
  • dust-up,
  • quarrel,
  • discord,
  • hair-splitting,
  • fistfight,
  • ruckus,
  • crossfire,
  • unpleasantness,
  • disputation,
  • rumpus,
  • affray,
  • row,
  • ruck,
  • join battle,
  • ding-dong,
  • karate,
  • showdown,
  • dicker,
  • rhubarb,
  • disunity,
  • jostle,
  • infighting,
  • COMP.
  •
  • faction,
  • exchange,
  • racket,
  • pugnaciousness,
  • Skirmishing,
  • bellicoseness,
  • outgun,
  • encounter,
  • dogfight,
  • truculency,
  • bellicosity.
  •
  • arms,
  • contentiousness,
  • scene,
  • spat,
  • combativeness,
  • snipe.
  •
  • belligerency,
  • division.
  •
  • race.
  •
  • trouble,
  • meet,
  • unload.
  •
  • discharge.
  •
  • train,
  • word.
  •
  • shoot.
  •
  • pop.
  •
  • pack.
  •attack
  • aggress.
  •commotion
  • to-do.
  •defend
  • fight for,
  • beat off.
  •disagree
  • demur,
  • have words.
  •jujitsu
  • judo.
  •oppose
  • stand up to,
  • take a stand.
  •protect
  • defend.
  •protest
  • be against.
  •self-protection
  • self-defense.
  •squabble
  • vendetta.

Paraphrases for Fight:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    fighting, battle, battles.
  • Noun, plural
    fightings, combats, battles.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    fighting, battle, tussle.
  • Verb, past participle
    Struggled.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    battles.
  • Verb, base form
    Combating.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dispute.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    clashes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    firefight, infighting, gunfight, skirmish.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Strikes, Efforts, Combating, cons, Battling, reduction.
  • Noun, plural
    interventions, countermeasures, endeavours, issues, Measures, restraints, responses, reviews, attempts, LINEs, Efforts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    confrontation, Combating, matches, scuffle, duel, striving, beating, beat, game, effort, argument, reduction.
  • Verb, past tense
    included, reduction.
  • Verb, past participle
    Tackled, organized, Undertaken, Launched, Aimed, designed, Carried, geared, related, braced, needed, planned.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    Hid, are, AM, battle, dispute, compete, beat.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    strives, works, stands, seeks.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, arms, battle, fiight, wrestle, contend, beaten, overcome, defend, eliminate, grapple, extinguish, dispute, compete, cope, beat, respond, reduction.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    countering.
  • Noun, plural
    campaigns.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    strife, brawl, quarrel, squabble, contradiction, countering, bout.
  • Verb, past tense
    Struggled.
  • Verb, base form
    quarrel, alleviate, countering.

Antonyms for Fight:

• n.

  • courage, will to resist
    cowardice, weakness.
  • physical encounter
    friendship, quiet, kindness, calm, agreement, harmony, accord.
  • Other antonyms:
    complaisance, sociability, amiability, friendliness, Anti-imperialism, kindliness, graciousness, armistice, peace, gentleness, pleasantness, cordiality, nonaggression, concord, pacifism, truce, amicability, benevolence, mildness, Placability, geniality, affability, amenability.

• v.

  • engage in physical encounter
    give in, uphold, agree, yield, believe, make peace, surrender, support.
  • oppose action, belief
    forget, cease, concur, comply, give up, idle, halt, let go, leave, neglect, ignore, quit, stop.

Homophones for Fight:

• FEIT, FITE.

Hypernym for Fight:

• v.

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

Hyponym for Fight:

• n.

  • act
    fisticuffs, boxing, pugilism.
  • communication
    contention, disputation, arguing, tilt, argument, Disceptation, controversy, contestation.