'contend with' definitions:
Synonyms of 'contend with'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a outrance,
- bandy with,
- battle,
- battle it out,
- bump heads,
- care for,
- challenge,
- complain,
- complain loudly,
- confront,
- cope with,
- cross swords with,
- deal with,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- do with,
- engage with,
- exchange shots,
- face down,
- face out,
- face up to,
- fight like devils,
- fight with,
- front,
- go to loggerheads,
- grapple with,
- handle,
- have it out,
- kick against,
- lock horns,
- make a stand,
- manage,
- measure swords with,
- meet head-on,
- object,
- offer resistance,
- oppose,
- protest,
- recalcitrate,
- reluct,
- remonstrate,
- revolt,
- settle it,
- show fight,
- stand,
- stand at bay,
- stand up against,
- stand up to,
- steward,
- strive against,
- strive with,
- struggle with,
- tangle with,
- tilt with,
- treat,
- try conclusions with,
- use,
- withstand,
- wrestle with