struggle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an energetic attempt to achieve something
getting through the crowd was a real struggle
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- struggle derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a strenuous or labored effort
She struggled for years to survive without welfare
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- struggle derivation
- struggle derivation
- competitiveness derivation
- struggler derivation
Sense 3 noun
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Types & categories
- group action hypernym
- class struggle hyponym
- insurrection hyponym
- counterinsurgency hyponym
- strife hyponym
- tug-of-war hyponym
- turf war hyponym
- fighting hyponym
- feud hyponym
- warfare hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
to exert strenuous effort against opposition
he struggled to get free from the rope
Types & categories
- endeavor hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
strenuous effort
the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her
Types & categories
- elbow grease hypernym
- wrestling hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Types & categories
- climb hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
the tribesmen fought each other
Types & categories
- bear down hyponym
- fistfight hyponym
- join battle hyponym
- tug hyponym
- fight down hyponym
- get back hyponym
- fight back hyponym
- battle hyponym
- war hyponym
- attack hyponym
- duel hyponym
- joust hyponym
- chicken-fight hyponym
- tourney hyponym
- feud hyponym
- skirmish hyponym
- bandy hyponym
- fence hyponym
- box hyponym
- spar hyponym
- tussle hyponym
- wrestle hyponym
- wage hyponym
Related & opposite
- repulse also see
- fight derivation
- engagement derivation
- conflict derivation
- fighting derivation
- fighter aircraft derivation
- fighter derivation
- compete entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | effort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | duel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scramble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tilt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | competitiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attempt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flounder |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | battle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | group action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | class struggle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | insurrection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterinsurgency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | strife |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug-of-war |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | turf war |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fighting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | feud |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | warfare |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | endeavor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clamber |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | elbow grease |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestling |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clamber |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | climb |
| 7 | also see | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | engagement |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | conflict |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighting |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter aircraft |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 7 | entails | Related & opposite | compete |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear down |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fistfight |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | join battle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | get back |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight back |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | battle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | war |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | attack |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | duel |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | joust |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | chicken-fight |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tourney |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | feud |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | skirmish |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bandy |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fence |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | box |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tussle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | wage |