fight

Noun

• a boxing or wrestling match
  • the fight was on television last night
    

• an intense verbal dispute
  • a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate
    

• an aggressive willingness to compete
  • the team was full of fight
    

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
  • a fight broke out at the hockey game
    
  • there was fighting in the streets
    
  • the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
    

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
  • Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
    
  • he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
    

Verb

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
  • The liberal party pushed for reforms
    
  • She is crusading for women's rights
    
  • The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate
    

• make a strenuous or labored effort
  • She struggled for years to survive without welfare
    
  • He fought for breath
    

• fight against or resist strongly
  • The senator said he would oppose the bill
    
  • Don't fight it!
    

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
  • the tribesmen fought each other
    
  • Siblings are always fighting
    
  • Militant groups are contending for control of the country
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  competitiveness , fighting , combat , scrap , battle , conflict , engagement , crusade , press , campaign , push , agitate , struggle , oppose , fight back , fight down , defend , contend