Definition for Struggle:

• Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.

Synonyms for Struggle:

• n.

  •
  • burden,
  • strife.
  •
  • pain,
  • chase,
  • while.
  •
  • race,
  • rivalry.
  •
  • jostle,
  • challenge,
  • take on.
  •
  • go.
  •battle (noun)
  • combat,
  • scrimmage.
  •bout (noun)
  • set-to.
  •competition (noun)
  • contention.
  •contention (noun)
  • antipathy,
  • contrariety,
  • quarrel,
  • resistance,
  • dissension,
  • dissidence,
  • friction,
  • antagonism,
  • argument,
  • controversy,
  • confrontation,
  • tension,
  • dispute,
  • protest.
  •drudgery (noun)
  • travail.
  •hard try; fight to win (noun)
  • grind,
  • row,
  • long haul,
  • jump,
  • free-for-all,
  • brush,
  • pains,
  • jam.
  •warfare (noun)
  • aggression,
  • campaign,
  • bloodshed,
  • jihad,
  • warpath,
  • engagement,
  • offensive,
  • hostility,
  • drive,
  • guerre,
  • crusade.

• v.

  •battle (verb)
  • engage.
  •contend (verb)
  • confront,
  • brawl,
  • withstand,
  • clash,
  • wrangle,
  • wrestle,
  • resist,
  • stand,
  • bicker,
  • argue,
  • oppose,
  • face,
  • contrast,
  • defend,
  • dissent.
  •fight, wrestle (verb)
  • bump heads,
  • cross swords,
  • rough-house,
  • smack,
  • lock horns,
  • tangle,
  • slug,
  • buck,
  • scrap,
  • shuffle.
  •labor, work (verb)
  • scratch,
  • give it one's best shot,
  • take a stab,
  • assay,
  • sweat,
  • hustle,
  • plug,
  • tackle,
  • take a crack,
  • give the old college try,
  • try one's hardest,
  • have one's nose to grindstone,
  • dig,
  • slave,
  • undertake,
  • break one's back,
  • bend over backwards.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • incursion,
  • necessity,
  • reconnaissance,
  • experience,
  • terror,
  • chore,
  • task,
  • dust-up,
  • belligerency,
  • disease,
  • piece of work,
  • ramrod,
  • tug-of-war,
  • web,
  • ogre,
  • holocaust,
  • pitched battle,
  • Skirmishing,
  • Corrivalry,
  • ruck,
  • elbow grease,
  • assault,
  • gambit,
  • pig,
  • striving.
  •
  • catastrophe,
  • affliction,
  • performance,
  • mission,
  • torment.
  •
  • rumble,
  • withdrawal.
  •
  • shot.
  •
  • school,
  • movement,
  • stab.
  •
  • court.
  •
  • action.
  •
  • give.
  •conflict
  • romp.
  •contend
  • knock oneself out,
  • give one's all.
  •endeavor
  • peg away,
  • do one's best,
  • make an effort.
  •exert
  • apply oneself,
  • try hard.
  •Other relevant words:
  • flounce,
  • boxed,
  • penetrative,
  • jumble,
  • ruckus,
  • distress,
  • spit out,
  • rival,
  • Quarrelling,
  • crack,
  • be parsimonious,
  • peel,
  • stint,
  • disagreement,
  • crawl,
  • joust,
  • lurch,
  • tumult,
  • commotion,
  • seethe,
  • agonise,
  • penetrating,
  • skimp,
  • anguish,
  • broil,
  • stick fast,
  • swing,
  • brabble,
  • assiduity,
  • severe,
  • pare,
  • apathetic,
  • push,
  • rail,
  • drudge,
  • beaver,
  • rigid,
  • question,
  • work at,
  • stave,
  • strict,
  • be thrifty,
  • wriggle,
  • buckle,
  • sway,
  • debut,
  • litigation,
  • sweat blood,
  • endeavour,
  • scrimp,
  • fit,
  • Pickeer,
  • busy,
  • huff and puff,
  • lay about one,
  • rise up,
  • study,
  • venture,
  • Against,
  • heave,
  • clamber,
  • polemic,
  • throw,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • operation,
  • plunge,
  • falter,
  • stress,
  • manage,
  • rough-and-tumble,
  • breeze,
  • thrash about,
  • expressionless,
  • worm,
  • scrum,
  • fence,
  • Justle,
  • sputter,
  • Tauromachy,
  • fight down,
  • uncertain,
  • grope,
  • arguing,
  • hand-to-hand combat,
  • seizure,
  • opposing,
  • competitiveness,
  • rigorous,
  • dustup,
  • pandemonium,
  • insurrectionary,
  • spirt,
  • short of,
  • economize,
  • try hand at,
  • probation,
  • spar,
  • careen,
  • labour,
  • buffet,
  • look,
  • insurrection,
  • arduous,
  • rebellion,
  • scurry,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • twist,
  • Renitence,
  • grave,
  • contravene,
  • be stingy,
  • spurt,
  • spell,
  • tumble,
  • contestation,
  • Quarreling,
  • difference,
  • rumpus,
  • donnybrook,
  • assiduousness,
  • Velitation,
  • fire fight,
  • skin,
  • sharp,
  • totter,
  • refute,
  • words,
  • application,
  • grim,
  • disorder,
  • defy,
  • roll,
  • bickering,
  • diligent,
  • press,
  • match,
  • sedulity,
  • astute,
  • Hostilities,
  • harsh,
  • toss and turn,
  • insurrectional,
  • throes,
  • climb,
  • clash of arms,
  • shinny,
  • cover,
  • fight back,
  • have trouble,
  • to fight,
  • splutter,
  • affray,
  • stumble,
  • speculation,
  • enterprise,
  • enmity,
  • energy,
  • reel,
  • grapple with,
  • fling,
  • disharmony,
  • hard,
  • beat about,
  • chaos,
  • debate,
  • resolution,
  • mix-up,
  • test,
  • rock,
  • fracas,
  • turn,
  • sweepstakes,
  • be a candidate,
  • confound,
  • prizefight,
  • Logomachy,
  • convulsion,
  • rub,
  • contentiousness,
  • diligence,
  • impassive,
  • whack,
  • sedulousness,
  • manoeuvre,
  • squirm,
  • determination,
  • difference of opinion,
  • fray,
  • devote,
  • cockfight,
  • pitch,
  • turmoil,
  • disputation,
  • disturbance,
  • stretch,
  • meet,
  • plod,
  • stiff,
  • wallop,
  • passage of arms,
  • box,
  • career,
  • bark,
  • fib,
  • assert,
  • heavy,
  • laboring,
  • welter,
  • inflexible,
  • face-off,
  • active,
  • embroilment,
  • paroxysm,
  • crane,
  • discord,
  • war of words,
  • throw together,
  • be frugal,
  • come to blows,
  • scrapping,
  • bad,
  • wallow,
  • wrench,
  • grappling,
  • intense,
  • scrummage,
  • experiment,
  • aerial combat,
  • one-on-one,
  • feuding,
  • throe,
  • give satisfaction,
  • melee,
  • Monomachy,
  • be determined,
  • wrangling,
  • boggle,
  • work hard,
  • inconvenience,
  • stick-to-it-iveness,
  • stick at,
  • contradict,
  • flounder,
  • oppugn,
  • save,
  • confute,
  • give and take,
  • abrade,
  • close,
  • serious,
  • trudge,
  • beat,
  • agitate,
  • brouhaha,
  • run-in,
  • rush,
  • rassle,
  • collision,
  • be deficient in,
  • altercation,
  • showdown,
  • run,
  • riot,
  • ictus,
  • stagger,
  • spasm,
  • blunder,
  • swot,
  • suffer,
  • struggling,
  • resolve,
  • pull,
  • square,
  • labored,
  • shin,
  • bovver,
  • pang,
  • battle royal,
  • bullfight,
  • collide,
  • adventure,
  • fight off,
  • aim,
  • tug,
  • toss,
  • meeting,
  • Renitency,
  • Squabbling,
  • wiggle.

Paraphrases for Struggle:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    battle, struggling.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    battle.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    battle.
  • Verb, base form
    battle.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    fighting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tussle, scramble, fighting, scuffle.
  • Verb, base form
    wrestle.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Efforts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    trouble, effort, endeavor, row, pain, time, endeavour, match, matches, challenge, challenges, protest, jihad.
  • Verb, past tense
    included.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    strives, stands, seeks, works, introduces, challenges.
  • Verb, base form
    cases, endeavour, resist, challenge, challenges, protest.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    conflict.
  • Proper noun, singular
    conflict, clash.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    strife, difficulty, confrontation, commitment, desire, quest, evil, determination, contest, infighting, willingness, hurt, firefight, wrangling, striving, quarrel, pursuit, crusade, conflict, tug-of-war, harm, lot, controversy, disease, contradiction, bout, battleground, clash.
  • Verb, past tense
    Fought.
  • Verb, base form
    grapple, contend, hurt, fighting, harm, jihad.

Antonyms for Struggle:

• n.

  • hard try; fight to win
    accord, retreat, truce, peace, idleness, laziness, surrender, agreement, calm, giving in, fun, success, entertainment.
  • Other antonyms:
    harmony, concord, peace, truce.

• v.

  • fight, wrestle
    concur, agree, make peace.
  • labor, work
    be lazy, withhold, idle, procrastinate, yield, rest, neglect, forget, ignore, laze.

Hypernym for Struggle:

• n.

  • act
    wrestling, tilt, grapple, scramble, wrestle, scuffle, joust, duel, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle.

• v.

  • social
    labor, flounder, tug, push, drive, labour.

Hyponym for Struggle:

• n.

  • act
    elbow grease, sweat, endeavour, exertion, travail, try, attempt, endeavor, effort.

• v.

  • contact
    endeavour, endeavor, strive.
  • social
    attempt, assay, seek, essay, try.