| noun | an energetic attempt to achieve something “getting through the crowd was a real struggle” |
| noun | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); --Thomas Paine “the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph” |
| noun | strenuous effort “the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her” |
| verb | make a strenuous or labored effort “She struggled for years to survive without welfare” |
| verb | to exert strenuous effort against opposition “he struggled to get free from the rope” |
| verb | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling |
| verb | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight “the tribesmen fought each other” |
| struggle | verb | make a strenuous or labored effort |
| battle | verb | battle or contend against in or as if in a battle |
| fight | noun | an aggressive willingness to compete |
| struggle | noun | strenuous effort |
| struggler | noun | a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort |
| clamber | noun | an awkward climb |
| fighter | noun | someone who fights (or is fighting) |
| fighting | noun | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle |