'Struggle' definitions:

Definition of 'struggle'

(from WordNet)
noun
An energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" [syn: struggle, battle]
noun
An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict, struggle, battle]
noun
Strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
verb
Make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn: fight, struggle]
verb
To exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
verb
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
verb
Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" [syn: contend, fight, struggle]

Definition of 'Struggle'

From: GCIDE
  • Struggle \Strug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Struggling.] [OE. strogelen; cf. Icel. strj?ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]
  • 1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. [1913 Webster]
  • The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. --Lincoln. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. [1913 Webster]
  • 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To strive; contend; labor; endeavor. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Struggle'

From: GCIDE
  • Struggle \Strug"gle\, n.
  • 1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Contest; contention; strife. [1913 Webster]
  • An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'struggle'

From: Moby Thesaurus