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fight
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of FIGHT
1
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict <a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland>
Related Words duel, joust; bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, bop, buffet, clobber, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale; box, spar; brawl; grapple, scuffle, tussle, wrestle; bump, collide
2
to strive to reduce or eliminate <a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice>
Related Words baffle, checkmate, foil, frustrate, resist, thwart, withstand; confront, defy, face, meet
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to express different opinions about something often angrily <if you kids continue to fight, I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!>
Synonyms altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
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to refuse to give in to <I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie—and lost>
Related Words battle, combat, contend (with); challenge, contest, contradict, dispute; baffle, balk, foil, frustrate, thwart; check, counter, hinder, obstruct, stem
Antonyms bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), knuckle under (to), stoop (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)
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