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strugglenoun a forceful effort to reach a goal or objectivea performer's long struggle to achieve success battle, fight, fray, scrabble, throes effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, workdrudgery, grind, sweat, toil, travailcombat, conflict, contest, strife, tussle, war, warfareattempt, endeavor, essay, try a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsthere was a struggle between the armed robber and the shopkeeper, and the gun went off battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, tussle pitched battle, rough-and-tumbleaffray(chiefly British), battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ructionblows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up(chiefly British), slugfestconfrontation, duel, face-off, joustaltercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wranglecatfight truce an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherher staunchest supporters in her struggle for the office ball game, battle, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, match, rivalry, strife, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tug-of-war, war, warfare horse race, nail-bitershowdownclash, collision, discord, frictionargument, controversy, debate, disagreement, disputation, dispute, dissension(also dissention), quarrel, row, wrangle concord, harmony, peace struggleverbto proceed or act clumsily or ineffectuallyeach week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better blunder, bumble, flog(British), flounder, limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge jog, shamble, shufflewallow, welterfalter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totterfumble, muddle coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom to devote serious and sustained effortthe financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch inattack, driveessay, tryexercise, exert, overexert, overworkeke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratchtrudge, wade sweat blood break, ease (up), let up, slackenbum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg outbask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwinddabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about(British), mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle in the 14th century |