Synonyms of wrestling

wrestling

verb

present participle of wrestle

as in fighting

to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery

the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fighting
• grappling
• brawling
• tussling
• rassling
• battling
• scuffling
• dueling
• boxing
• contending
• punching
• combating
• hitting
• sparring
• skirmishing
• striking
• slugging
• battering
• clashing (with)
• bashing
• warring (against)
• beating
• buffeting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrestling

The music industry has been wrestling with the pros and cons of the new technology that allows musical novices to create professional-sounding songs in seconds. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Flair has been in and out of wrestling for the last few years. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

That means a rare Friday session, when the Senate will finish its saga on Russia sanctions after wrestling with the issue for more than a year. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

But since then, California regulators have learned that at least two other landfills are wrestling with high temperatures and similar conditions. — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Day four began with a pride of 20 lions, with two cubs wrestling in the grass behind them. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

Every court now wrestling with preemption is really wrestling with that silence, and silence, at this volume, is a decision someone will eventually have to make out loud. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Democrats voting in primaries this month in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are wrestling with a question that has divided the party going back at least to 2016. — Tamara Keith, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

The 2016 reflation trade ran on an accommodative Federal Reserve and inflation running well below target — conditions with no analog in the current cycle, where the Fed is still wrestling with an inflation rate that refuses to return to 2%. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026