Synonyms of struggle

struggle 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to stumble

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

each week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumble
• flounder
• trudge
• blunder
• shuffle
• limp
• falter
• jog
• lurch
• fumble
• bumble
• plod
• sway
• welter
• reel
• lumber
• muddle
• flog
• wallow
• shamble
• stagger
• totter
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fly
• coast
• glide
• sail
• zoom
• zip
• kilt

• fly
• coast
• glide
• sail
• zoom
• zip
• kilt

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2

as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort

the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labor
• work
• strive
• try
• endeavor
• toil
• tug
• travail
• sweat
• slave
• hustle
• bang away
• hump
• plow
• slog
• strain
• drudge
• plod
• grub
• fag
• sweat blood
• moil
• plug
• attack
• peg (away)
• exercise
• dig (away)
• exert
• drive
• scratch
• essay
• eke out
• pitch in
• dig in
• beaver (away)
• wade
• knuckle down
• overwork
• buckle (down)
• trudge
• apply (oneself)
• overexert
• scrabble
• put out
• hammer (away)
• grind (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• break
• ease (up)
• slacken
• let up
• shirk
• rest
• hang (around or out)
• relax
• goof (off)
• lounge
• bum
• unwind
• play
• slack (off)
• chill
• idle
• loaf
• hang
• hack (around)
• bask
• repose
• dabble
• laze
• fool around
• dally
• veg out
• mess around
• footle
• hang about
• dillydally
• goof (around)
• loll
• trifle
• doodle
• goldbrick
• monkey (around)
• potter (around)
• fribble
• putter (around)

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• break
• ease (up)
• slacken
• let up
• shirk
• rest
• hang (around or out)
• relax
• goof (off)
• lounge
• bum
• unwind
• play
• slack (off)
• chill
• idle
• loaf
• hang
• hack (around)
• bask
• repose
• dabble
• laze
• fool around
• dally
• veg out
• mess around
• footle
• hang about
• dillydally
• goof (around)
• loll
• trifle
• doodle
• goldbrick
• monkey (around)
• potter (around)
• fribble
• putter (around)

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struggle

2 of 2

noun

1

as in fight

a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective

a performer's long struggle to achieve success

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fight
• battle
• effort
• fray
• attempt
• try
• throes
• work
• endeavor
• trouble
• pains
• scrabble
• toil
• grind
• war
• strife
• exertion
• conflict
• tussle
• labor
• combat
• warfare
• drudgery
• contest
• travail
• sweat
• essay

2

as in battle

a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups

there was a struggle between the armed robber and the shopkeeper, and the gun went off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fight
• battle
• clash
• skirmish
• tussle
• conflict
• scuffle
• fray
• combat
• contest
• confrontation
• brawl
• duel
• scrimmage
• altercation
• dustup
• scrap
• fracas
• hassle
• dispute
• pitched battle
• scrum
• battle royal
• quarrel
• blows
• squabble
• wrangle
• tangle
• spat
• grapple
• melee
• controversy
• fistfight
• row
• slugfest
• affray
• ruckus
• joust
• fisticuffs
• misunderstanding
• broil
• rough-and-tumble
• donnybrook
• disagreement
• mêlée
• argument
• punch-up
• cross fire
• mix-up
• catfight
• tiff
• ruction
• contretemps
• face-off
• free-for-all
• punch-out
• handgrips
• kickup
• falling-out
• argle-bargle
• argy-bargy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truce

• truce

3

as in rivalry

an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another

her staunchest supporters in her struggle for the office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• battle
• rivalry
• conflict
• competition
• confrontation
• duel
• war
• warfare
• contention
• strife
• match
• contest
• combat
• clash
• grapple
• sweep-stake
• tug-of-war
• showdown
• ball game
• dogfight
• debate
• sweepstakes
• dispute
• face-off
• friction
• wrangle
• horse race
• disputation
• quarrel
• argument
• controversy
• discord
• collision
• disagreement
• dissension
• nail-biter
• dissention
• row

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peace
• harmony
• concord

• peace
• harmony
• concord