'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
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
- action,
- aerial combat,
- affray,
- agonize,
- aim,
- altercation,
- argument,
- armored combat,
- assay,
- attempt,
- battle,
- battle royal,
- be determined,
- be hard put,
- beat about,
- bickering,
- blunder,
- box,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brush,
- buffet,
- bullfight,
- careen,
- career,
- cat-and-dog life,
- clash,
- clash of arms,
- close,
- cockfight,
- collide,
- combat,
- come to blows,
- compete,
- competition,
- conflict,
- contend,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- controversy,
- cut and thrust,
- debate,
- determination,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- dogfight,
- drudgery,
- duel,
- effort,
- embroilment,
- encounter,
- endeavor,
- enmity,
- essay,
- exchange blows,
- exchange of blows,
- exertion,
- falter,
- fence,
- feud,
- fight,
- fight a duel,
- fighting,
- fire fight,
- flounce,
- flounder,
- fray,
- give and take,
- give satisfaction,
- grapple,
- grapple with,
- ground combat,
- grunt and sweat,
- hand-to-hand combat,
- hand-to-hand fight,
- hassle,
- have trouble,
- hostility,
- house-to-house combat,
- huff and puff,
- jostle,
- joust,
- Kilkenny cats,
- labor,
- labor under difficulties,
- litigation,
- logomachy,
- lurch,
- match,
- mix it up,
- naval combat,
- offer,
- paper war,
- passage of arms,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- pitched battle,
- plunge,
- polemic,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsomeness,
- rassle,
- reel,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- riot,
- rock,
- roll,
- rumble,
- run a tilt,
- running fight,
- scramble,
- scrapping,
- scrimmage,
- scuffle,
- seek,
- seethe,
- shoving match,
- skirmish,
- spar,
- squabbling,
- squirm,
- stagger,
- stand-up fight,
- strain,
- street fight,
- strife,
- strive,
- striving,
- struggling,
- study,
- stumble,
- sway,
- sweat,
- sweat blood,
- swing,
- tauromachy,
- thrash about,
- thrust and parry,
- tilt,
- toil,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- tourney,
- travail,
- trial,
- try,
- tug-of-war,
- tumble,
- tussle,
- twist,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- vie,
- wage war,
- walk on eggshells,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- welter,
- wiggle,
- words,
- work,
- worm,
- wrangling,
- wrestle,
- wriggle,
- writhe