struggle

noun

1. an energetic attempt to achieve something

- getting through the crowd was a real struggle

Similar word(s): battle

Definition categories: act, attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try

2. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

Similar word(s): battle, conflict

Definition categories: act

3. strenuous effort

- the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her

Definition categories: act, effort, exertion, sweat, travail

verb

1. make a strenuous or labored effort

- She struggled for years to survive without welfare

Similar word(s): fight

Definition categories: social, assay, attempt, essay, seek, try

2. to exert strenuous effort against opposition

- he struggled to get free from the rope

Definition categories: contact, endeavor, endeavour, strive

3. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Similar word(s): clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter

Definition categories: motion, climb

4. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

Similar word(s): contend, fight

Definition categories: competition