Synonyms of struggling

struggling 1 of 2

adjective

as in failing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• failing
• dying
• declining
• floundering
• languishing
• unsuccessful
• bankrupt
• depressed
• insolvent
• unprosperous
• bankrupted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successful
• thriving
• healthy
• prospering
• booming
• flourishing
• prosperous
• roaring
• golden
• wealthy
• substantial
• affluent
• rich
• lush
• palmy
• halcyon
• moneyed
• comfortable
• monied
• boomy
• opulent
• well-off
• well-to-do
• well-heeled

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• successful
• thriving
• healthy
• prospering
• booming
• flourishing
• prosperous
• roaring
• golden
• wealthy
• substantial
• affluent
• rich
• lush
• palmy
• halcyon
• moneyed
• comfortable
• monied
• boomy
• opulent
• well-off
• well-to-do
• well-heeled

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struggling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of struggle

1

as in stumbling

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

• stumbling
• floundering
• shuffling
• trudging
• blundering
• limping
• faltering
• fumbling
• lurching
• jogging
• reeling
• lumbering
• bumbling
• plodding
• swaying
• staggering
• flogging
• tottering
• shambling
• wallowing
• muddling
• teetering
• weltering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flying
• coasting
• gliding
• kilting
• sailing
• zooming
• zipping

• flying
• coasting
• gliding
• kilting
• sailing
• zooming
• zipping

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2

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort

the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laboring
• working
• striving
• trying
• toiling
• endeavoring
• hustling
• tugging
• sweating
• straining
• travailing
• plowing
• drudging
• slaving
• slogging
• banging away
• humping
• fagging
• plodding
• grubbing
• moiling
• plugging
• sweating blood
• attacking
• digging (away)
• pegging (away)
• scratching
• beavering (away)
• driving
• exerting
• scrabbling
• exercising
• overexerting
• pitching in
• digging in
• essaying
• wading
• overworking
• trudging
• eking out
• knuckling down
• buckling (down)
• applying (oneself)
• hammering (away)
• putting out
• grinding (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• slackening
• easing (up)
• bumming
• resting
• idling
• lounging
• hanging (around or out)
• letting up
• hanging
• playing
• chilling
• unwinding
• relaxing
• shirking
• loafing
• slacking (off)
• lazing
• basking
• goofing (off)
• hacking (around)
• dabbling
• lolling
• dallying
• reposing
• goldbricking
• dillydallying
• trifling
• vegging out
• fooling around
• hanging about
• doodling
• footling
• goofing (around)
• monkeying (around)
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• messing around
• fribbling

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• breaking
• slackening
• easing (up)
• bumming
• resting
• idling
• lounging
• hanging (around or out)
• letting up
• hanging
• playing
• chilling
• unwinding
• relaxing
• shirking
• loafing
• slacking (off)
• lazing
• basking
• goofing (off)
• hacking (around)
• dabbling
• lolling
• dallying
• reposing
• goldbricking
• dillydallying
• trifling
• vegging out
• fooling around
• hanging about
• doodling
• footling
• goofing (around)
• monkeying (around)
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• messing around
• fribbling

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