fight

fight is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against.
2. intransitive verb. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
3. transitive verb. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
4. transitive verb. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
5. transitive verb. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
6. intransitive verb. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
7. intransitive verb. A struggle or contest of any kind.
8. intransitive verb. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
9. intransitive verb. A screen for the combatants in ships.
10. noun. a boxing or wrestling match

    "the fight was on television last night"

11. 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"

    Synonyms: battle, conflict, engagement

12. noun. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

    "a fight broke out at the hockey game"

    "there was fighting in the streets"

    Synonyms: combat, fighting, scrap

13. noun. an aggressive willingness to compete

    "the team was full of fight"

    Synonyms: competitiveness

14. noun. an intense verbal dispute

    "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"

15. verb. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

    "the tribesmen fought each other"

    "Siblings are always fighting"

    Synonyms: contend, struggle

16. verb. fight against or resist strongly

    "The senator said he would oppose the bill"

    "Don't fight it!"

    Synonyms: defend, oppose

17. verb. make a strenuous or labored effort

    "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"

    "He fought for breath"

    Synonyms: struggle

18. verb. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

    "The liberal party pushed for reforms"

    "She is crusading for women's rights"

    Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, press, push

Synonyms

battle, conflict, engagement, combat, fighting, scrap, competitiveness, contend, struggle, defend, oppose, agitate, campaign, crusade, press, push

Common word forms

fights, fighter, fighting, fightable

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