What is another word for fighting?
493 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ fˈa͡ɪtɪŋ], [ fˈaɪtɪŋ], [ f_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for fighting:- aggressive, warlike (adjective)
- belligerent (adjective)
- disagreeing (adjective)
- embattled (adjective)
- factious (adjective)
- militant (adjective)
- military (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- quarreling (adjective)
- violent (adjective)
- warlike (adjective)
- act (noun)
- action (noun)
- active (noun)
- battle (noun)
- battle, encounter (noun)
- bloodshed (noun)
- combat-ready (noun)
- combative (noun)
- disorderly (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- strife (noun)
- violence (noun)
- warfare (noun)
- attacking (verb)
- battling (verb)
- opposing (verb)
- other synonyms
- auxiliary
- boxing
- militant
- military
- under attack
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Fighting:
adj.
•aggressive, warlike (adjective)- contentious,
- up in arms,
- fencing,
- angry,
- under arms,
- Battling,
- jousting,
- determined,
- disputatious,
- militaristic,
- wrestling,
- bellicose,
- resolute,
- combative,
- boxing,
- brawling,
- argumentative,
- sparring,
- Tilting,
- ferocious,
- martial,
- pugnacious,
- ready to fight,
- unbeatable,
- Skirmishing,
- jingoistic,
- truculent,
- quarrelsome,
- disputative,
- warmongering,
- contending,
- hostile.
- have a bone pick,
- have in for,
- have chip shoulder,
- have chip on shoulder,
- more battling,
- flippest,
- have bone pick,
- have bone to pick,
- hot tempered,
- have it for,
- flip,
- most battling,
- on outs.
- most insurrectionary,
- tumultous-tumultuous,
- more estranged,
- more insurrectionary,
- dis affected,
- most estranged,
- dis-affected,
- most troublemaking,
- insurgent,
- tumultous tumultuous,
- more troublemaking,
- in subordinate,
- tumultoustumultuous,
- in-subordinate,
- more contending,
- most contending.
- more combating,
- self-assertive,
- self assertive,
- up arms,
- most gladiatorial,
- more assertory,
- most assertory,
- selfassertive,
- more gladiatorial,
- most combating.
- flipper,
- troublemaking,
- factious,
- hottempered,
- have it in for,
- on the outs,
- scrappy,
- embattled,
- at odds,
- hawkish,
- belligerent,
- at loggerheads,
- ructious,
- in disagreement,
- gladiatorial,
- in arms,
- have a bone to pick,
- have for,
- Assertory,
- warring,
- warlike,
- militant,
- military.
- in harmonious,
- in-harmonious,
- most differing,
- more differing,
- more squabbling,
- most squabbling,
- more bickering,
- most bickering.
- fierce,
- broiling,
- intense,
- frenzied,
- vehement,
- outrageous,
- violent,
- tumultuous,
- abusive,
- wild,
- assaultive,
- raging,
- uproarious,
- furious,
- savage.
n.
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- aggressor,
- battle cry,
- Beleaguered,
- black out,
- bombed-out,
- active service,
- air cover,
- active duty.
- conflict,
- fracas,
- punch out,
- roughhouse,
- run-in,
- argument,
- contention,
- go,
- row,
- riot,
- donnybrook,
- set-to,
- tiff,
- exchange,
- battle royal,
- rumpus,
- spat,
- hostility,
- hassle,
- words,
- dispute,
- free-for-all,
- scramble,
- brush,
- bout,
- rowdy,
- match,
- blowup,
- brannigan,
- wrangle,
- joust,
- beef,
- hell broke loose,
- mix,
- flap,
- melee.
- at the point of the bayonet,
- at war,
- ripe for a fight,
- striving,
- like cats and dogs,
- in the thick of the fray.
- bloodletting,
- war,
- bloodshed,
- action,
- battle,
- statics,
- wranglings,
- squabblings,
- bickerings,
- service,
- strife,
- Wars,
- warfare,
- factionalism.
v.
•attacking (verb)- pounding,
- lashing,
- Flaying,
- Harrying,
- striking,
- slashing,
- trouncing,
- scorching,
- hitting,
- Lunging,
- rioting,
- Assailing,
- Charging,
- battering,
- Violating,
- barraging,
- savaging,
- Combating,
- raping,
- raiding,
- Assaulting,
- Storming,
- Bombarding,
- hammering,
- thrusting,
- Scarifying,
- attacking,
- invading,
- scathing.
- impeding,
- Contradicting,
- countering,
- hindering,
- antagonizing,
- Checking,
- Disputing,
- Obstructing,
- Objecting,
- Defying,
- protesting,
- repressing,
- opposing,
- counterattacking,
- Counteracting,
- Repulsing,
- challenging,
- Resisting,
- confronting,
- Rebuffing,
- crossing,
- interfering,
- Suppressing,
- inhibiting,
- Oppressing,
- conflicting,
- disagreeing,
- meddling,
- Intercepting,
- repelling.
Other synonyms:
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- ruck,
- scuffle,
- fist fight,
- dust-up,
- scrimmage,
- fisticuffs,
- brawl.
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- tussle,
- running battle.
- army.
- disorder,
- mill,
- in contention,
- operational,
- advertize,
- bloody-minded,
- armed combat,
- cope,
- chauvinist,
- campaigner,
- disturbances,
- quarrelsomeness,
- armed conflict,
- cat-and-dog life,
- veteran,
- enemy,
- redcoat,
- contend,
- contestation,
- rebellion,
- contest,
- unfriendly,
- full of fight,
- attack,
- wrestle,
- bloody,
- come to blows,
- raise,
- games of skill,
- scene of carnage,
- dignify,
- sumo,
- enhance,
- push,
- bickering,
- advertise,
- fleck,
- controversy,
- athletic sports,
- unpeaceable,
- belligerence,
- compete,
- prizefight,
- trouble,
- litigation,
- sanguineous,
- bit,
- Squabbling,
- campaign,
- chip,
- argue,
- enmity,
- unpeaceful,
- Logomachy,
- combatant,
- state of war,
- one-on-one,
- carnage,
- Gladiatorship,
- quarterstaff,
- outbreak,
- polemic,
- war-ridden,
- meeting,
- hot war,
- assert,
- promote,
- round,
- Hostilities,
- bovver,
- naval,
- event,
- skirmish,
- fray,
- savate,
- debate,
- prefer,
- chauvinistic,
- bloodthirsty,
- assist,
- athletics,
- military man,
- contentiousness,
- agitation,
- unrest,
- jiujitsu,
- fights,
- jingoish,
- disputant,
- infighting,
- military operations,
- appeal to arms,
- swordsman,
- discord,
- offensive,
- prizefighting,
- in combat,
- Monomachy,
- saber rattling,
- help,
- altercation,
- violence,
- anti,
- competitiveness,
- total war,
- open hostilities,
- wartime,
- war of words,
- turbulence,
- represent,
- strive,
- spar,
- soldier,
- warrior,
- unpacific,
- competitive,
- wrangling,
- improve,
- dissatisfaction,
- upset,
- at daggers drawn,
- develop,
- antagonistic,
- resistance,
- trigger-happy,
- confrontation,
- sanguinary,
- dissension,
- gymnastics,
- all-out war,
- revolt,
- Fought,
- battle with,
- in dispute,
- engaged in combat,
- duelling,
- greco-roman wrestling,
- warmaking,
- shadowboxing,
- publicize,
- Jujutsu,
- encourage,
- jingoist,
- tumult,
- disturbance,
- belligerency,
- exalt,
- in conflict,
- engagement,
- scrum,
- inimical,
- elevate,
- soldierlike,
- infantry,
- jingo,
- affray,
- contestant,
- aggressive,
- ring,
- scrapping,
- uprising,
- rubbish,
- sword,
- turmoil,
- quarrel,
- arms,
- disputation.
Paraphrases for Fighting:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
fight, fights, Battling, countering.
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Noun, singular or mass
fight, firefight, gunfight, countering, Counteracting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Battling.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
combats.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Disputing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
infighting, firefighting, warfighting.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
matters, Efforts, issues, Strikes, topics, questions, items, Counteracting, tackling, Fought, fighter, fighters.
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Noun, plural
combatants, tanks, endeavours, bullets, warplanes, decks, fighters.
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Noun, singular or mass
Militiamen, servicemen, questions, belligerent, campaigning, militancy, boxing, wrangling, guerrilla, extinguishing, conflagration, hostility, Squabbling, tackling, engagement, contest, warrior, brawl, dispute, resistance, shootout, fighter.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
confrontations, conflicting, hitting, Eliminating, bestrijding, participating, Defeating, Contesting, defending, contending, competing, stopping, Resisting, Mitigating, Curtailing, discouraging, Containing, principle, Scrambling, Prosecuting, striking, grappling, Experiencing, thwarting, Obtaining, Advocating, decreasing, history, racing, Removing, working, sitting, reducing, engaging, Debating, bringing, delinking, Gaining, hurting, dismantling, dad, flying, Delivering, arguing, Responding, upholding, pursuing, limiting, Stamping, Ridding, pushing, saving, swinging, Checking, Deterring, hindering, slashing, undermining, Stemming, bickering, halting, coping, lying, affecting, entering, erupting, standing, Waging, targeting, Rejecting, cracking, Disrupting, averting, laying, winning, holding, trying, papa, solving, seeking, Reversing, losing, Dispelling, serving, resolving, dampening, meeting, breaking, turning, Bashing, namely, Arising, kicking, ending, Treating, Discussing, Having, damaging, knocking, Carrying, pressing, Tilting, Relating, putting, freeing, going, dealing, leading, sudan, Objecting, asking, acting, running, wanting, getting, Occurring, closing, Doing, making, boxing, extinguishing, tackling.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Addresses.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
strife.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
struggling, warring, clashing, clashes, Alleviating, Quarreling, brawling, conquering, countering, campaigning, Counteracting.
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Verb, base form
struggle.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Fighting:
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adj.
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aggressive, warlike
kind, peaceful, peaceloving, nice.
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aggressive, warlike
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n.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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Other antonyms:
inactive, nonoperational.
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Other antonyms:
Hypernym for Fighting:
n.
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act
close-quarter fighting, affray, shootout, snickersnee, duel, impact, cut-and-thrust, fray, fencing, skirmish, rumble, encounter, gunfight, gunplay, hassle, whipping, single combat, clash, fisticuffs, shock, fistfight, gang fight, beating, in-fighting, free-for-all, slugfest, brush, tussle, ruffle, battering, rough-and-tumble, dogfight, Affaire D'honneur, scuffle, knife fight, set-to, banging, brawl, disturbance.
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act
Hyponym for Fighting:
Meronym for Fighting:
n.
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act
blow.
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act