battle
battle is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fertile. See Battel, a. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Fertile. See Battel, a.
- transitive verb. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
- transitive verb. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
- transitive verb. A division of an army; a battalion.
- transitive verb. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
- noun. To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
- transitive verb. To assail in battle; to fight.
- noun. an energetic attempt to achieve something
"getting through the crowd was a real struggle"
"he fought a battle for recognition"
- noun. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
"he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
- noun. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)--Thomas Paine
"the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"
"police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
- verb. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
"The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"
"We must combat the prejudices against other races"
Synonyms
struggle, conflict, engagement, fight, combat
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in battle:
Common word forms
battled, battler, battles, battling, battleful, battlement
Words from these letters
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