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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, cross swords with, defy, dispute, do battle with, duel, engage, fight, go up against, oppose, put up a fight, repel, resist, shoot it out, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand |
| Antonyms: | agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender |
| Main Entry: | counteract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do opposing action |
| Synonyms: | annul, buck, cancel, cancel out, check, contravene, correct, counterbalance, countercheck, countervail, counterwork, cross, defeat, fix, foil, frustrate, go against, halt, hinder, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, offset, oppose, prevent, rectify, redress, resist, right, thwart |
| Antonyms: | aid, approve, assist, help, support |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, be confronted by, bear, beard, bit the bullet, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, cope with, countenance, court, cross, dare, deal with, defy, encounter, endure, experience, eyeball, fight, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, meet, oppose, resist, risk, run into, square off, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off, tolerate, venture, withstand |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | struggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | battle, brawl, buck, bump heads, compete, contend, contest, cross swords, go up against, grapple, hassle, lock horns, put up a fight, romp, rough-house, row, scrap, scuffle, shuffle, slug, smack, tangle |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | take on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, oppose |
| Synonyms: | brave, buck*, call out, confront, dare, defy, denounce, dispute, face off, go eyeball to eyeball with, go one on one with, go toe to toe with, go up against, hang in, insist upon, investigate, invite competition, make a stand, object to, question, stand up to, throw down the gauntlet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist, contradict |
| Synonyms: | balk, buck, check, combat, contest, contravene, counter, counteract, cross, deny, disaffirm, dispute, duel, fight, frustrate, gainsay, go against, hinder, impede, impugn, negate, negative, obstruct, oppose, repel, thwart, withstand |
| Antonyms: | back up, confirm |
| Main Entry: | tussle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | struggle |
| Synonyms: | battle, box, brawl, bump heads, conflict, contest, fight, go up against, grapple, hassle, lock horns, put up a fight, romp, rough-house, row, scrap, scuffle, tangle, wrestle |
| Notes: | to tousle is to dishevel or make something untidy; to tussle is to scuffle |
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