1. Be engaged in a physical struggle, by hand or using weapons
   "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting";
   - struggle
    
2. Fight against or resist strongly
   "Don't fight it!"; "He fought down the urge to panic"; "The protesters fought back against the unjust law";
   - oppose, fight back, fight down, defend, dispute
    
3. Make a strenuous or laboured effort
   "He fought for breath";
   - struggle
    
4. 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
   "She is fighting for women's rights";
   - crusade, press, campaign, push, agitate

1. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle
   "a fight broke out at the hockey game";
   - fighting, combat, scrap
    
2. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
   "The fight lasted several days";
   - battle, conflict, engagement
    
3. A boxing or wrestling match
   "the fight was on television last night"
    
4. An intense verbal dispute
   "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
    
5. An aggressive willingness to compete
   "the team was full of fight";
   - competitiveness

Derived forms: fights, fought, fighting

See also: repulse

Type of: act, action, advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], aggressiveness, arguing, argument, assay [archaic], attempt, battle, boxing, conflict, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, essay, fisticuffs, flack [N. Amer, informal], military action, move, promote, pugilism, push, seek, struggle, tilt, try

Part of: war, warfare

Encyclopedia: Fight, Hornet, Fight!