Definition for Struggling:

• Making great efforts; affected with contortions.

Synonyms for Struggling:

• adj.

  •agonizing (adjective)
  • in tenser,
  • most tearing,
  • more torturing,
  • in-tensest,
  • vehement,
  • more racking,
  • most struggling,
  • more tearing,
  • most racking,
  • in tensest,
  • in-tense,
  • in tense,
  • more struggling,
  • torturing,
  • most torturing,
  • in-tenser,
  • extreme.
  •all (adjective)
  • struggling.
  •poor (adjective)
  • penniless,
  • underprivileged,
  • dispossessed,
  • deprived,
  • underfinanced,
  • penurious,
  • impoverished,
  • poverty-stricken,
  • destitute,
  • worse off,
  • hand-to-mouth,
  • Strapped,
  • landless,
  • needy,
  • cash-strapped,
  • bad off,
  • hard-pressed,
  • cash-starved,
  • indigent,
  • mean,
  • impecunious,
  • badly off,
  • hard up,
  • underpaid,
  • stony-broke,
  • in need,
  • dirt-poor,
  • down-and-out,
  • poor,
  • unsophisticated.
  •tormenting (adjective)
  • more suffering.

• n.

  •struggling (noun)
  • troubled.

• v.

  •battling (verb)
  • Scuffling,
  • engaging,
  • fighting,
  • Combating,
  • Battling,
  • campaigning,
  • Scrambling,
  • tussling,
  • driving,
  • Contesting.
  •contending (verb)
  • conflicting,
  • Resisting,
  • opposing,
  • protesting,
  • confronting,
  • bickering,
  • defending,
  • wrangling,
  • brawling,
  • hassling,
  • contrasting,
  • antagonizing,
  • wrestling,
  • Withstanding,
  • arguing,
  • Disputing,
  • facing,
  • Encountering,
  • dissenting,
  • Quarreling,
  • standing,
  • clashing,
  • contending,
  • Vying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pulling.

Paraphrases for Struggling:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    struggle, struggles.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Battling.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    warring, wrestling, Scrambling.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    ailing, stumbling, troubled, difficult, distressed, Stalled, flagging, embattled, deadlocked, non-performing.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    strive, striving, Resisting, challenges, endeavouring, countering, campaigning, faltering, suffering, extinguishing, Counteracting, pursuing, searching, Everything, painstaking, tackling, stopping, competing, fucking, debate, Debating, sting, Eradicating, costing, racing, standing, seeking, confronting, Endeavoring, Eliminating, sitting, pushing, Residing, Experiencing, Addressing, jihad, resolving, Advocating, working, curbing, Concentrating, Facilitating, Undergoing, Defaulting, hitting, solving, dividing, Reversing, reducing, Responding, beat, beating, controlling, Attempting, coping, Checking, poor, Employing, engaging, Waging, dying, Preventing, laboring, breaking, train, trying, Intending, living, Treating, face, facing, Aiming, swinging, affecting, flying, matching, demanding, Committing, failing, owing, looking, Discussing, fencing, asking, halting, focusing, focussing, wanting, getting, winning, approaching, Championing, dealing, acting, going, Doing, ailing, stumbling.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    fighting, wrangling, grappling, combatting, Encountering, Desiring, contending, Defeating, Militating, hurting, Alleviating, wishing, sentence, Sentencing.

Antonyms for Struggling:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    untroubled.

Struggling Sentence Examples:

• He was, meanwhile, struggling in the hands of his friends, who, by main force, held him back.

• " Got to be done this once, Mills," his master replied, struggling into his coat.