493 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ fˈa͡ɪtɪŋ], [ fˈa‍ɪtɪŋ], [ f_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]

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)

Paraphrases for fighting

Hypernyms for fighting

Hyponyms for fighting

Meronyms for fighting

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.
  • militant (adjective)
  • more combating,
  • self-assertive,
  • self assertive,
  • up arms,
  • most gladiatorial,
  • more assertory,
  • most assertory,
  • selfassertive,
  • more gladiatorial,
  • most combating.
  • military (adjective)
  • noncivil.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • bloodletting,
  • war,
  • bloodshed,
  • action,
  • battle,
  • statics,
  • wranglings,
  • squabblings,
  • bickerings,
  • service,
  • strife,
  • Wars,
  • warfare,
  • factionalism.
  • 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.
  • violence (noun)
  • destructiveness,
  • ferocity,
  • storminess,
  • murderousness,
  • wildness,
  • ferocities,
  • terrorism,
  • brute force.
  • warfare (noun)
  • military operation,
  • armed struggle,
  • tug-of-war,
  • passage of arms,
  • counterinsurgency.

• 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.
  • opposing (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • ruck,
  • scuffle,
  • fist fight,
  • dust-up,
  • scrimmage,
  • fisticuffs,
  • brawl.
  •
  • tussle,
  • running battle.
  •
  • duel,
  • rumble.
  • auxiliary
  • guerrilla.
  • boxing
  • pugilism.
  • militant
  • soldierly.
  • military
  • army.
  • under attack
  • under fire.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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:

• Equivalence

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

• Forward Entailment

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

• Reverse Entailment

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

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    fighter, tackling, Fought, Counteracting, Efforts, Strikes, issues, fighters, questions, matters, topics, items.
  • Noun, plural
    combatants, fighters, bullets, tanks, warplanes, decks, endeavours.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    belligerent, boxing, brawl, campaigning, conflagration, contest, dispute, engagement, extinguishing, fighter, guerrilla, hostility, militancy, resistance, shootout, tackling, warrior, wrangling, Militiamen, Squabbling, questions, servicemen.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    acting, affecting, arguing, asking, averting, bickering, boxing, breaking, bringing, closing, competing, conflicting, contending, cracking, dad, damaging, dampening, dealing, decreasing, defending, discouraging, dismantling, ending, engaging, entering, erupting, extinguishing, flying, freeing, getting, going, grappling, halting, hindering, history, hitting, holding, hurting, kicking, knocking, laying, leading, limiting, losing, lying, making, meeting, namely, papa, participating, pressing, principle, pursuing, pushing, putting, racing, reducing, resolving, running, saving, seeking, serving, sitting, slashing, solving, standing, stopping, striking, sudan, swinging, tackling, thwarting, trying, turning, wanting, winning, working, Advocating, Arising, Carrying, Checking, Debating, Defeating, Delivering, Deterring, Discussing, Dispelling, Disrupting, Doing, Eliminating, Experiencing, Gaining, Having, Mitigating, Objecting, Obtaining, Occurring, Rejecting, Relating, Removing, Resisting, Responding, Reversing, Ridding, Scrambling, Tilting, Treating, Waging, Bashing, coping, Contesting, Containing, Curtailing, Prosecuting, Stemming, Stamping, upholding, undermining, confrontations, targeting, delinking, bestrijding.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Addresses.
  • Verb, base form
    battle, repel, fiight.

• Other Related

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

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.