Related Words for sparring partner

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spar
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Noun, Verb
teammate
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Noun
fighting
/x
Noun
dueling
/x
Noun
opponent
x/x
Noun
martial arts
/x/
Phrase, Noun
arm wrestling
//x
Phrase, Noun
grappling
/x
Verb
fencing
/x
Noun
punching bag
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fighter
/x
Noun
best friend
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Phrase, Noun
boxing
/x
Noun
skirmishing
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Noun
combatants
x/x
Noun
black belt
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Name, Name
swordsman
/x
Noun
training
/x
Noun
physical fitness
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
acquaintance
x/x
Noun
adversary
/xxx
Noun
classmate
/x
Noun
interlocutor
xx/xx
Noun
instructor
x/x
Noun
competitor
x/xx
Noun
sleeping partner
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
partners
/x
Noun
target practice
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
participant
x/xx
Noun
partnership
/xx
Noun
wresting
/x
Verb
training school
/x/
Phrase, Noun
wrestled
/x
Verb
boxing glove
/x/
Phrase, Noun
physicality
/x/xx
Noun
fighting cock
/x/
Phrase, Noun
domestic partner
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
light heavyweight
//xx
Phrase, Noun
aggressor
x/x
Noun
preliminaries
x/xxx
Noun
wingman
/x
Noun
compatriot
x/xx
Noun
scrimmage
/x
Noun
companion
x/x
Noun
accessory
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
accomplice
x/x
Noun
actor
/x
Noun
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
affiliated
x/xxx
Adjective
agency
/xx
Noun
allied
x/
Adjective
applicant
/xx
Noun
argumentative
xx/xx
Adjective
assistant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
associate
x/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
association
xxx/x
Noun
attached
x/
Adjective
banter
/x
Noun, Verb
battering
/xx
Noun
bickering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
boy
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
boyfriend
/x
Noun
bro
/
Noun
buddies
/x
Noun
caretaker
/xx
Noun, Adjective
claimant
/x
Noun
coaching
/x
Noun
collaborator
x/xxx
Noun
colleague
/x
Noun, Verb
colonialist
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
combined
x/
Adjective, Noun
community
x/xx
Noun
complicit
x/x
Adjective
comrade
/x
Noun, Verb
confederate
x/xx
Adjective, Name, Verb
confidant
/xx
Noun
confrontational
xx/xx
Adjective
conjoint
x/
Adjective
consort
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contributor
x/xx
Noun
cooperation
xxx/x
Noun
counterpart
/xx
Noun, Verb
counterparty
/xxx
Noun
couple
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
coworker
//x
Noun
crewman
/x
Noun
crime
/
Noun, Verb
customer
/xx
Noun
dancer
/x
Noun
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
dialogic
/x/x
Adjective
dialogical
/x/xx
Adjective
disputation
x//x
Noun
donor
/x
Noun
dude
/
Noun, Verb
employer
x/x
Noun
experiential
xxx/x
Adjective
fait
/
Noun
fella
/x
Noun
fellow
/x
Noun, Verb
flirtation
x/x
Noun
foreplay
/x
Noun, Verb
friend
/
Noun, Verb
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
girl
/
Noun, Verb
girlfriend
/x
Noun
grueling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
guy
/
Noun, Verb
haggling
/xx
Noun
handler
/x
Noun
host
/
Noun, Verb
hubby
/x
Noun, Adjective
humiliating
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
husband
/x
Noun, Verb
impromptu
x/x
Adjective, Noun
informant
x/x
Noun
interchange
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Noun, Verb
intercourse
/xx
Noun, Verb
intraspecific
xxx/x
Adjective
involved
x/
Adjective
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
jostling
/xx
Noun
journeyman
/xx
Noun
jousting
/x
Noun
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
kissing
/x
Adjective, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
linked
/
Adjective
listener
/xx
Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
lover
/x
Noun
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
marcus
/x
Name
marry
/x
Verb
mate
/
Noun, Verb
member
/x
Noun, Verb
membership
/xx
Noun, Verb
mentor
/x
Noun, Verb
negotiator
x/xxx
Noun
networking
/xx
Noun
newlywed
/xx
Adjective, Noun
offender
x/x
Noun
owner
/x
Noun
pair
/
Noun, Verb
pal
/
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
participating
x/xxx
Adjective
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
patient
/x
Noun, Adjective
peer
/
Noun, Verb
person
/x
Noun, Verb
personal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
physician
x/x
Noun
player
/x
Noun
playmate
/x
Noun
preschool
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
preseason
x/x
Noun, Verb
recipient
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
region
/x
Noun
related
x/x
Adjective
relations
x/x
Adjective
roommate
/x
Noun
sex
/
Noun, Verb
shareholder
/xx
Noun
shooting
/x
Noun, Adjective
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sidekick
/x
Noun
silent partner
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
skating
/x
Noun
sniping
/x
Noun
socioeconomic
xxxxx/x
Adjective
sponsor
/x
Noun, Verb
spousal
/x
Adjective, Noun
stakeholder
/xx
Noun
supporter
x/x
Noun
team
/
Noun, Verb
telling
/x
Adjective, Noun
tussle
/x
Noun, Verb
upcoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
wrangling
/xx
Noun