vverb.socialmake a strenuous or labored effortSynset:fight struggle
Examples:- She struggled for years to survive without welfare
- He fought for breath
Derivationally Related Form:strugglerstrugglefight
Hypernyms:assay attempt essay seek try
Inherited Hypernyms:fighttryact
Direct Hyponyms:driveflounderlaborlabourpushtug
Full Troponyms:extend oneselfflounderkill oneselfstrivetrouble oneselftug
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactto exert strenuous effort against oppositionExamples:- he struggled to get free from the rope
Derivationally Related Form:strugglerstruggle
Hypernyms:endeavor endeavour strive
Inherited Hypernyms:struggleendeavortryact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionclimb awkwardly, as if by scramblingSynset:clamber scramble shin shinny skin sputter struggle
Derivationally Related Form:struggleclamber
Hypernyms:climb
Inherited Hypernyms:clamberclimbmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.competitionbe engaged in a fight; carry on a fightSynset:contend fight struggle
Examples:- the tribesmen fought each other
- Siblings are always fighting
- Militant groups are contending for control of the country
Derivationally Related Form:strugglefightingfighterfight
Inherited Hypernyms:contend
Direct Hyponyms:assailattackbandybattlebear downboxchicken-fightchickenfightcombatdefendduelengagefencefeudfightfight backfight downfistfightget backjoin battlejoustopposescufflesettleskirmishspartourneytugtusslewagewarwrestle
Entailment:compete contend vie
Full Troponyms:atom-bombattackbandybattlebear downbesiegeblastblitzblitzkriegblockadebomb outbombardboxcannonadecarpet bombchicken-fightchopcounterattackcrumpdefydive-bombdogfightduelebbengagefencefeudfightfight backfirebombfistfightgasglide-bombgo to warhold offhydrogen-bombinfestinvadejoin battlejoustletter bombmudwrestlenukeoutbraveparrypattern-bombpepperprizefightput upraidrecalcitraterepelresistretaliatescufflesettleshadowboxskip-bombskirmishslicesparstandstand outstand upstormstrafestrikestrokesubmarineteargastilttorpedotourneytugwarweatherwrestle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: fight) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: fight)
adj satadj.allengaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurityExamples:- a financially struggling theater
- struggling artists
Antonyms:untroubled
Inherited Hypernyms:struggling
Similar to:troubled