Synonyms of jousting

jousting

verb

present participle of joust

as in fighting

of knights in the Middle Ages to engage in battle on horseback with lances

The knights jousted against each other.

Related Words

• fighting
• dueling
• wrestling
• battling
• batting
• combating
• pounding
• sparring
• battering
• slapping
• smacking
• boxing
• knocking
• brawling
• whacking
• banging
• punching
• hitting
• clashing (with)
• slugging
• smiting
• slamming
• buffeting
• skirmishing (with)
• hammering
• thumping
• warring (against)
• bashing
• swatting
• bludgeoning
• swiping
• whaling
• slogging
• thwacking
• pasting
• striking
• bopping
• belting
• clobbering
• grappling
• socking
• scrimmaging (with)
• beating
• colliding
• bumping
• walloping
• tussling
• scuffling

Dissimilar Words

• submitting
• giving up
• surrendering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jousting

Lime bikes are designed for getting around the city, not for jousting. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

There was plenty of jousting as well in the third of give debates planned in the race. — Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026

But this was really a form of dandyism, of theatre—a bit like jousting in Europe during the late Middle Ages, when combat between knights had become a performance of chivalry. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Niners are going from clobbering the preseason Super Bowl favorite to facing a team jousting with Cleveland for consensus worst in the league. — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, outside the five districts that Democrats hope to switch, there are safely Democratic districts where progressive candidates are jousting with mainstream rivals, a subset of the national party’s ideological conflict. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

For one thing, the later game features Messi, who at the ripe old age of 39 is jousting with France’s Kylian Mbappé for the Golden Boot. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026

The countries also are jousting over management of the Panama Canal. — ABC News, 12 May 2026

Now the Ducks, who put pen to paper with Quenneville last May, are seeking to replicate that feat by jousting with the Vegas Golden Knights for a chance to advance to the conference finals for the first time since their 2017 loss to the Nashville Predators. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 May 2026