Synonyms of scrabbles

scrabbles 1 of 2

noun

plural of scrabble

as in fights

a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective

it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fights
• struggles
• battles
• efforts
• frays
• throes
• works
• attempts
• tries
• pains
• grinds
• toils
• exertions
• sweats
• endeavors
• troubles
• wars
• tussles
• drudgeries
• combats
• travails
• contests
• labors
• conflicts
• essays
• warfares
• strifes

scrabbles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of scrabble

1

as in climbs

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling

we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

• climbs
• scrambles
• clambers
• swarms
• ascends
• scales
• shimmies
• surmounts
• sprawls
• shinnies
• shins
• breasts
• struggles
• claws
• summits
• mounts
• skins
• free-climbs
• gets up

2

as in fumbles

to search for something blindly or uncertainly

he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• looks
• reaches
• gropes
• feels
• fishes
• grabs
• snatches
• hunts
• rummages
• clutches
• rakes
• ransacks
• seizes
• nails
• seeks (out)
• captures
• scours
• casts about
• nabs
• combs
• rifles
• grabbles
• dredges
• corrals
• digs (through)
• gets