Related Words for struggle

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WordSyllablesCategories
clamber
/x
Noun, Verb
conflict
/x
Verb, Noun
scramble
/x
Noun, Noun
sputter
/x
Noun, Noun
fight
/
Noun, Noun
battle
/x
Noun, Noun
skin
/
Noun, Noun
shin
/
Noun, Noun
strive
/
Verb
persevere
xx/
Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective
trouble
/x
Noun
hard
/
Adjective
trying
/x
Verb
challenge
/x
Noun
difficulties
/xxx
Noun
failing
/x
Verb
work
/
Noun
wanting
/x
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
desperate
/x
Adjective
survive
x/
Verb
help
/
Noun
understand
xx/
Verb
attempt
x/
Noun
suffer
/x
Verb
dilemma
x/x
Noun
tough
/
Adjective
need
/
Noun
overcome
/xx
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
falter
/x
Noun
succeed
x/
Verb
sympathize
/xx
Verb
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
thrive
/
Verb
must
/
Verb, Noun
still
/
Adverb
ordeal
x/
Noun
confront
x/
Verb
tussle
/x
Noun
problems
/x
Noun
continue
x/x
Verb
cope
/
Verb
hardship
/x
Noun
failure
/x
Noun
reconcile
/xx
Verb
impossible
x/xx
Adjective
quest
/
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
desire
x/x
Noun
dominate
/xx
Verb
turmoil
/x
Noun
triumph
/x
Noun
troublesome
/xx
Adjective
revolt
x/
Noun
unable
x/x
Adjective
lose
/
Verb
forget
x/
Verb
effort
/x
Noun
hate
/
Noun
comprehend
xx/
Verb
strife
/
Noun
wrestle
/x
Verb
love
/
Noun
embrace
x/
Noun
learn
/
Verb
manage
/x
Verb
reluctance
x/x
Noun
conundrum
x/x
Noun
complicate
/xx
Verb
frustration
x/x
Noun
sacrifice
/xx
Noun
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
seeming
/x
Verb
nightmare
/x
Noun
change
/
Noun
cannot
/x
Adjective
forced
/
Verb
argue
/x
Verb
predicament
x/xx
Noun
able
/x
Adjective
going
/x
Verb
complain
x/
Verb
journey
/x
Noun
elude
x/
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
improve
x/
Verb
regain
x/
Verb
anguish
/x
Noun
sustain
x/
Verb
relate
x/
Verb
writhe
/
Noun
climb
/
Noun
grapple
/x
Verb
squirm
/
Noun
squeeze
/
Noun
scuffle
/x
Noun
trick
/
Noun
wriggle
/x
Noun
strain
/
Noun
sprawl
/
Noun
toil
/
Noun
floundering
/xx
Noun
flailing
/x
Verb
wiggles
/x
Noun
cramp
/
Noun
scrap
/
Noun
scrape
/
Noun
hurdle
/x
Noun
crawl
/
Noun
jump
/
Noun
clutch
/
Noun
slogging
/x
Verb
twist
/
Noun
trudge
/
Noun
crouch
/
Noun
crick
/
Noun
hassle
/x
Noun
trip
/
Noun
wrangle
/x
Noun
stoop
/
Noun
shuffle
/x
Noun
retch
/
Noun
puzzle
/x
Noun
stagger
/x
Noun
fidget
/x
Noun
wrench
/
Noun
sparring
/x
Noun
scrimmage
/x
Noun
grimace
/x
Noun
puzzlement
/xx
Noun
juggle
/x
Verb
prance
/
Noun
pull
/
Noun
hobble
/x
Noun
snarl
/
Noun
slithering
/xx
Verb
meander
x/x
Noun
choking
/x
Verb
titanic
x/x
Adjective
uphill
//
Adjective
anticolonial
xxx/xx
Adjective
wage
/
Verb
antifascist
/x/x
Adjective
internecine
x/xx
Adjective
unsuccessfully
xx/xx
Adverb
protracted
x/x
Adjective
unavailing
xx/x
Adjective
factional
/xx
Adjective
revisionism
x/xxx
Noun
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
agitation
xx/x
Noun
agony
/xx
Noun
alleviation
xxx/x
Noun
area
/xx
Noun
associational
xxx/xx
Adjective
bandy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bat
/
Noun, Verb
battlefield
/xx
Noun
bear down
//
Phrase, Verb
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bout
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
brawl
/
Noun, Verb
breach
/
Noun, Verb
camp
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
candle
/x
Noun, Verb
cause
/
Noun, Verb
clash
/
Noun, Verb
class struggle
//x
Phrase, Noun
class warfare
//x
Phrase, Noun
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
combatant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
congregational
xx/xx
Adjective
conjoint
x/
Adjective
contentious
x/x
Adjective
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
contradiction
xx/x
Noun
contravention
xx/x
Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
counseling
/xx
Noun
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
crusade
x/
Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
defend
x/
Verb
discord
/x
Noun, Verb
dispute
x/
Noun, Verb
dissension
x/x
Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
duel
/x
Noun, Verb
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
endeavor
x/x
Noun, Verb
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
engage
x/
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extracurricular
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
fence
/
Noun, Verb
feud
/
Noun, Verb
fight back
//
Phrase, Verb
fighter
/x
Noun
firefight
/x
Noun, Verb
freedom
/x
Noun
get back
//
Phrase, Verb
gospel
/x
Noun, Verb
group
/
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
infighting
/xx
Noun
inquiry
x/x
Noun
insurrection
xx/x
Noun
interfaith
xx/
Adjective
interracial
xx/x
Adjective
interreligious
xxx/x
Adjective
jihad
/x
Noun, Verb
joust
/
Noun, Verb
komsomol
/xx
Name
labor
/x
Noun, Verb
labour
/x
Noun, Verb
languish
/x
Verb
life
/
Noun, Verb
match
/
Noun, Verb
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
oppose
x/
Verb
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
pest
/
Noun
prevention
x/x
Noun
protest
/x
Noun, Verb
pursuit
x/
Noun
push
/
Verb, Noun
quarrel
/x
Noun, Verb
race
/
Noun, Verb
rally
/x
Noun, Verb
rape
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
rebellion
x/x
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
resist
x/
Verb, Noun
resistance
x/x
Noun
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
response
x/
Noun
rising
/x
Noun, Adjective
school
/
Noun, Verb
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
skirmish
/x
Noun, Verb
strike
/
Noun, Verb
suppression
x/x
Noun
tilt
/
Noun, Verb
travail
x/
Noun, Verb
tug
/
Noun, Verb
unionist
/xx
Noun, Adjective
uprising
x/x
Noun
war
/
Noun, Verb
warfare
/x
Noun, Verb
win
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb