I. verb
1.
Synonyms: contend 1, battle, oppugn, tug, war
Related Word: strive, struggle; rowdy, scuffle, tussle; debate, dispute; altercate, bicker, quarrel, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Idioms: ||mix it, mix it up, put up a fight
Contrasted words: bow, capitulate, submit, succumb, yield
2.
Synonyms: resist , buck, combat, contest, dispute, duel, oppose, repel, traverse, withstand
Contrasted words: abide, bear, endure, suffer; advocate, back, champion, support, uphold; defend, guard, protect, shield
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: brawl 2, affray, broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, knock-down-and-drag-out, row, scrap, scuffle
2.
Synonyms: quarrel , altercation, beef, bickering, brawl, feud, hassle, row, squabble, word(s)
3.
Synonyms: attack 2, aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, combativeness, pugnacity