struggle

²struggle

noun

Definition of STRUGGLE

1

: contest, strife <armed struggle> <a power struggle>

2

: a violent effort or exertion : an act of strongly motivated striving <a struggle to make ends meet>

3

: tussle 1 <during the struggle the gun went off>

Examples of STRUGGLE

1. the struggle for civil rights
2. There was a struggle for the gun.
3. There was no sign of a struggle.
4. It was a struggle getting out of bed this morning.

First Known Use of STRUGGLE

1560

Related to STRUGGLE

Synonyms: battle, fight, fray, scrabble, throes

Related Words: effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, work; drudgery, grind, sweat, toil, travail; combat, conflict, contest, strife, tussle, war, warfare; attempt, endeavor, essay, try

Near Antonyms: truce

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Rhymes with STRUGGLE

guggle, juggle, snuggle