Definition for Fighting:

• ( military) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; " on active duty"; " the platoon is combat- ready"; " review the fighting forces"

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.
  •belligerent (adjective)
  • 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.
  •disagreeing (adjective)
  • Quarreling.
  •embattled (adjective)
  • crenelated,
  • be set.
  •factious (adjective)
  • 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.
  •quarreling (adjective)
  • in harmonious,
  • in-harmonious,
  • most differing,
  • more differing,
  • more squabbling,
  • most squabbling,
  • more bickering,
  • most bickering.
  •violent (adjective)
  • fierce,
  • broiling,
  • intense,
  • frenzied,
  • vehement,
  • outrageous,
  • violent,
  • tumultuous,
  • abusive,
  • wild,
  • assaultive,
  • raging,
  • uproarious,
  • furious,
  • savage.
  •warlike (adjective)
  • more ructious,
  • most attacking,
  • un friendlier,
  • more hawkish,
  • un-friendlier,
  • more attacking,
  • un-friendly,
  • un-friendliest,
  • most hawkish,
  • most ructious,
  • un friendliest.

• n.

  •
  • aggressor,
  • battle cry,
  • Beleaguered,
  • black out,
  • bombed-out,
  • active service,
  • air cover,
  • active duty.
  •
  • clash,
  • struggle.
  •act (noun)
  • combat,
  • fighting,
  • scrap,
  • fight.
  •action (noun)
  • encounter.
  •active (noun)
  • active.
  •battle (noun)
  • havoc,
  • blitzkreig,
  • significant contact,
  • sortie.
  •battle, encounter (noun)
  • 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.
  •bloodshed (noun)
  • bloodlettings,
  • ex-termination,
  • ex-terminations,
  • ex terminations.
  •combat-ready (noun)
  • combat-ready.
  •combative (noun)
  • at the point of the bayonet,
  • at war,
  • ripe for a fight,
  • striving,
  • like cats and dogs,
  • in the thick of the fray.
  •disorderly (noun)
  • disorderly.
  •strife (noun)
  • dis-sent,
  • factionalisms,
  • dis unity,
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis agreements,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis cord,
  • dis-sents,
  • dis agreement,
  • dis-unity,
  • dis-agreements,
  • dis cords,
  • tug war,
  • dis sent,
  • dis sents,
  • dis-cord.
  •unpeaceful (noun)
  • unpeaceful.
  •violence (noun)
  • murderousness,
  • violence,
  • ferocities,
  • terrorism,
  • brute force,
  • wildness,
  • storminess,
  • destructiveness,
  • ferocity.
  •war-ridden (noun)
  • war-ridden.
  •warfare (noun)
  • military operation,
  • tug-of-war,
  • military operations,
  • counterinsurgency,
  • armed struggle,
  • passage of arms.

• 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.
  •battling (verb)
  • campaigning,
  • driving,
  • struggling,
  • engaging,
  • Scuffling,
  • tussling,
  • Scrambling,
  • Contesting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ruck,
  • scuffle,
  • fist fight,
  • dust-up,
  • scrimmage,
  • fisticuffs,
  • brawl.
  •
  • tussle,
  • running battle.
  •
  • duel,
  • rumble.
  •auxiliary
  • guerrilla.
  •boxing
  • pugilism.
  •pugilism
  • ring.
  •under attack
  • under fire.

Paraphrases for Fighting:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    fight, fights, Battling, countering.
  • Noun, plural
    fights, combats.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    fight, firefight, gunfight, countering, Counteracting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Battling.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    combats.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    battle, battles, struggle, struggles.
  • Noun, plural
    battles, struggles.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    conflict, battle, struggle.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Disputing.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    infighting, firefighting, warfighting.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    matters, Efforts, issues, Strikes, topics, questions, items, Counteracting, tackling, Fought, fighter, fighters.
  • Noun, plural
    combatants, tanks, endeavours, bullets, warplanes, decks, fighters.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Addresses.
  • Verb, base form
    repel, fiight, battle.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    strife.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    struggling, warring, clashing, clashes, Alleviating, Quarreling, brawling, conquering, countering, campaigning, Counteracting.
  • Verb, base form
    struggle.

Antonyms for Fighting:

• adj.

  • aggressive, warlike
    kind, peaceful, peaceloving, nice.

• n.

  • battle, encounter
    calm, peace, ceasefire, surrender, harmony, agreement, accord.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    inactive, nonoperational.

Fighting Sentence Examples:

• " We be fighting - men, all," replied the Master.

• How, then, canst thou better thee by fighting two?

Hypernym for Fighting:

• n.

  • 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.

Hyponym for Fighting:

• n.

  • act
    conflict, battle, struggle.

Meronym for Fighting:

• n.

  • act
    blow.