Related Words for fight back

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WordSyllablesCategories
defend
x/
Verb, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
oppose
x/
Noun, Verb
strike back
//
Phrase, Verb
combat
/x
Noun
fend off
//
Phrase, Verb
fight off
//
Phrase, Verb
bite back
//
Phrase, Verb
battle
/x
Noun
beat back
//
Phrase, Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
resist
x/
Verb
battle it out
/x//
Phrase, Verb
repel
x/
Verb
attack
x/
Noun
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
stick up
//
Phrase, Verb
engage
x/
Verb
take
/
Verb
brawl
/
Noun
ward
/
Noun
contend
x/
Verb
wrestle
/x
Verb
fire away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
cuff
/
Noun
parry
/x
Noun
dispute
x/
Noun
pillow fight
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
go to war
///
Phrase, Verb
fend
/
Verb
withstand
x/
Verb
bruise
/
Noun
kick
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb
put up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
forbear
x/
Verb
break out
//
Phrase, Verb
fall back upon
//x/
Phrase, Verb
rise
/
Noun
punch
/
Noun
contest
/x
Noun
buck
/
Noun
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
militate
/xx
Verb
force
/
Noun
turn against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
flank
/
Noun
take heart
//
Phrase, Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb
round
/
Noun
ward off
//
Phrase, Verb
confront
x/
Verb
truck
/
Noun
rear
/
Noun
camp
/
Noun
litigate
/xx
Verb
debate
x/
Noun
tackle
/x
Noun
essay
x/
Noun
fence
/
Noun
bate
/
Noun
traverse
/x
Noun
have at
//
Phrase, Verb
squabble
/x
Noun
take refuge
/x/
Phrase, Verb
break
/
Noun
revenge
x/
Noun
set against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
work over
//x
Phrase, Verb
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
strike
/
Noun
repulse
x/
Noun
guard against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grapple
/x
Verb
stand out
//
Phrase, Verb
choke back
//
Phrase, Verb
strive
/
Verb
face
/
Noun
stand back
//
Phrase, Verb
assault
x/
Noun
struggle
/x
Noun
start
/
Noun
back away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
scuffle
/x
Noun
roll
/
Noun
counterclaim
/xx
Noun
protest
/x
Noun
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
flee
/
Verb
sort out
//
Phrase, Verb
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
take exception
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
retract
x/
Verb
rebel
/x
Noun
field
/
Noun
round on
//
Phrase, Verb
rumble
/x
Noun
defeat
x/
Noun
bicker
/x
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun
help
/
Noun
violent
/xx
Adjective
revolt
x/
Noun
back out
//
Phrase, Verb
set about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bear down
//
Phrase, Verb
challenge
/x
Noun
clash
/
Noun
quarrel
/x
Noun
fire
/x
Noun
counteract
/xx
Verb
buckler
/xx
Noun
carry
/x
Verb
gang up on
/xx
Phrase, Verb
bristle
/x
Noun
react
x/
Verb
bulwark
/x
Noun
refuse
x/
Noun
feint
/
Noun
retire
x/
Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
walk back
//
Phrase, Verb
bide
/
Noun
offer
/x
Noun
brave
/
Adjective
intercede
xx/
Verb
apologize
x/xx
Verb
tree
/
Noun
live
/
Verb
talk down
//
Phrase, Verb
impugn
x/
Verb
descend
x/
Verb
withhold
x/
Verb
abatement
x/x
Noun
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
ache
/
Noun, Verb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
afresh
x/
Adverb
aft
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun, Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
against
x/
Adverb
agitate
/xx
Verb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
aimed
/
Adjective
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
along
x/
Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
ambush
/x
Noun, Verb
an
/
Noun
anew
x/
Adverb
anger
/x
Noun, Verb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
anti
/x
Adjective, Noun
area
/xx
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
armageddon
xx/x
Name
arrears
x/
Name
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back up
//
Phrase, Verb
backbone
/x
Noun
backcountry
//x
Noun
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
backed
/
Adjective
backend
x/
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backseat
x/
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
backtrack
/x
Verb, Noun
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
backyard
/x
Noun
ballgame
x/
Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
bandy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
banging
/x
Noun, Adjective
barn
/
Noun, Verb
bat
/
Noun, Verb
battering
/xx
Noun
battlefield
/xx
Noun
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
belly
/x
Noun, Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bentley
/x
Name
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
black eye
//
Name, Name
blood
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boost
/
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
boxer
/x
Noun
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
braced
/
Adjective
breach
/
Noun, Verb
bricked
/
Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
brush
/
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
cause
/
Noun, Verb
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chase
/
Noun, Verb
chest
/
Noun, Verb
chine
/
Noun, Verb
circus
/x
Noun, Verb
climactic
x/x
Adjective
climb
/
Verb, Noun
clock
/
Noun, Verb
cluttered
/x
Adjective
coast
/
Noun, Verb
coccyx
/x
Noun
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
compete
x/
Verb
competition
xx/x
Noun
competitiveness
x/xxx
Noun
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
conflict
/x
Noun, Verb
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
conquer
/x
Verb
contradiction
xx/x
Noun
contravention
xx/x
Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
controversy
/xxx
Noun
conversely
/xx
Adverb
conversion
x/x
Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
copies
/x
Noun
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crackdown
/x
Noun
crazy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
crusade
x/
Noun, Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
defiance
x/x
Noun
defy
x/
Verb, Noun
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
dent
/
Noun, Verb
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
disturbance
x/x
Noun
door
/
Noun, Verb
dorsal
/x
Adjective, Noun
dorsum
/x
Noun
dos
/
Noun, Verb
dossier
x/
Noun
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
dreadful
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drive off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
duel
/x
Noun, Verb
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
effort
/x
Noun, Verb