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- a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland
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- a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice
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- everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display
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- if you kids continue to fight, I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!
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- I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie—and lost
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of fight (Entry 2 of 2)
- a troubled youth who got into one fight after another
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- affray
- [chiefly British],
- battle royal,
- brawl,
- broil,
- donnybrook,
- free-for-all,
- melee
- (also mêlée),
- mix-up,
- ruckus,
- ruction
- altercation,
- 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,
- wrangle
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- the mayoral candidate pledged to lead a successful fight to improve the city's schools
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- a tough, streetwise kid with a lot of fight in him
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- acidity,
- biliousness,
- captiousness,
- crankiness,
- crossness,
- disagreeableness,
- fractiousness,
- fretfulness,
- grouchiness,
- grumpiness,
- huffiness,
- irascibility,
- irascibleness,
- irritability,
- irritableness,
- orneriness,
- peevishness,
- pettishness,
- petulance,
- querulousness,
- rudeness,
- surliness,
- testiness,
- waspishness
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- the couple have their share of fights, but they quickly get over them
Synonyms for fight
- altercation,
- argle-bargle
- [chiefly British],
- argument,
- argy-bargy
- [chiefly British],
- battle royal,
- bicker,
- brawl,
- contretemps,
- controversy,
- cross fire,
- disagreement,
- dispute,
- donnybrook,
- falling-out,
- hassle,
- imbroglio,
- kickup,
- misunderstanding,
- quarrel,
- rhubarb,
- row,
- scrap,
- set-to,
- spat,
- squabble,
- tiff,
- wrangle
Words Related to fight
- attack,
- contention,
- dissension
- (also dissention)
- affray
- [chiefly British],
- fisticuffs,
- fracas,
- fray,
- free-for-all,
- melee
- (also mêlée)
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