Fight

Verb

 * 1)  To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
 * 2)  To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
 * 3)  To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
 * 4)  To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
 * 5)  To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

Noun

 * 1) An occasion of fighting.
 * 2)  A battle between opposing armies.
 * 3) A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
 * 4)  A boxing or martial arts match.
 * 5) A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
 * 6) The will or ability to fight

Adjectives for Fight
inextricable; unflinching; miscellaneous (pi); portentous; isolated; murderous; desultory; bloody; furious; sublimated; ensuing; serious; trench; unavailing; arduous; heavy; futile; ever-losing; factional; running; desperate; winning; memorable; successful; strenuous; tumultuous; showdown; sea-convulsing; manful; vulturous; inces¬sant; dreadful; unequal; dubious; mortal; bitter.

Verbs for Fight
accept —; augur —; conduct —; evade —; gird for —; lack —; participate in —; reopen —; rouse to —; schedule —; show —.

Adverbs for Fight
murderously; desultorily; furiously; unavailingly; memorably; strenuously; manfully; dubiously; mortally; viciously; vaingloriously; stolidly; simultaneously; rebelliously; gallantly; doggedly; magnificently; sanguinarily; ostentatiously; vindictively.

Synonyms for Fight
battle, contest, contest, dispute, brawl, clash, skirmish, box, wrangle, struggle, quarrel, strive.

Derived terms

 * fight back
 * fight fire with fire
 * fightest


 * fight shy of
 * fight tooth and nail

Derived terms

 * bullfight
 * bun fight
 * cockfight
 * dogfight
 * fight or flight
 * fighter
 * fighting
 * fight scene
 * fist fight


 * food fight
 * footfight
 * gunfight
 * pillow fight
 * prize fight
 * straight fight
 * sword fight
 * thumb fight

Thesaurus
battle, battle it out, battle royal, beat against, beat up against, beef, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bicker, bicker over, bickering, blood feud, bout, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, brush, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bullfight, bump heads, carry on hostilities, chauvinism, clash, clash of arms, close, close with, cockfight, collide, combat, combativeness, come to blows, compete with, concours, conflict, conflict with, confound, confront, confute, contend, contend about, contend against, contend for, contend with, contention, contentiousness, contest, contradict, contravene, controversy, cope with, cross swords with, cut and thrust, debate, defy, derby, differ, difference of opinion, disagree, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disturbance, dogfight, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, duel, embroilment, encounter, engage, engage in hostilities, engage with, engagement, enthusiasm, exchange blows, exchange of blows, exchange shots, fence, ferocity, feud, fierceness, fight a duel, fight against, fight for, fight like devils, fight over, fight shy of, fight with, fighting, fire fight, flite, fliting, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, game, games, give and take, give satisfaction, go, go to loggerheads, grapple, grapple with, ground combat, grunt and sweat, gymkhana, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, hassle, have it out, have words, hostilities, hostility, house-to-house combat, huff and puff, imbroglio, jingoism, join battle with, join issue, jostle, joust, keep away from, knock-down-and-drag-out, labor against, lock horns, logomachy, make a stand, make war, martialism, match, matching, measure swords with, meet, meeting, melee, mettle, militancy, militarism, militate against, misunderstanding, mix it up, monomachy, naval combat, offer resistance, open quarrel, oppose, oppugn, passage of arms, pitched battle, pluck, polemic, protest, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrel, quarrel over, quarrelsomeness, question, rail, rally, rassle, refute, reluct, reluctate, rencontre, repel, repulse, resist, riot, rise up, rival, row, rowdy, ruckus, rumble, run a tilt, run-in, running fight, saber rattling, scramble, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, set to, set-to, settle it, sharp words, shed blood, shoving match, single combat, skirmish, slanging match, snarl, spar, spat, spill blood, spirit, squabble, squabble over, stand-up fight, stem the tide, stickle for, stipulate for, street fight, strife, strive, strive against, strive for, strive with, struggle, struggle against, struggle for, struggle with, take a stand, take issue with, take on, tangle with, tauromachy, test, thrust and parry, tiff, tilt, tilt with, tournament, tourney, traverse, trial, truculence, try conclusions with, tug, tug-of-war, tussle, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, vendetta, vie for, vie with, wage war, war, warfare, warmongering, warpath, withstand, words, wrangle, wrangle over, wrestle, wrestle with, zeal, zest, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, antagonism, antagonize, argue, argument, armored combat, avoid, bandy with,

Etymology 1
From fighten:, from  feohtan:, from  (cf. West Frisian fjochtsje:, fjuchte:, Dutch vechten:, German fechten:), from  (cf. Irish uigim: ‘I stitch’, Latin pugnus: ‘fist’, Tocharian B pyāk: ‘to strike down, batter’, Albanian përpërpjek: ‘I strike’, Ancient Greek πύξ:, πύκτης:).

Etymology 2
From feoht, from the verb. Corresponding to Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht.

Verb

 * Afrikaans: stryd
 * Albanian: luftën
 * Arabic:, تقاتل
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: borrokatu, borroka egin
 * Bulgarian: боря се
 * Burmese: ရန်ဖြစ်
 * Catalan: lluitar, barallar-se
 * Chinese:, ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: batali
 * Estonian: (without weapons) kaklema, (with weapons) võitlema
 * Finnish: (without weapons), (with weapons)
 * French:
 * Galician: loitar
 * Georgian: ბრძოლა (brdzola), შებრძოლება (šebrdzoleba)
 * German: kämpfen, fechten, streiten
 * Greek: πάλη
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi: लड़ाई
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: slást, berjast
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 喧嘩する (けんかする, kenka-suru), 対決 (たいけつする, taiketsu-suru), 戦う / 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
 * Khmer: (wīē-dtop)
 * Korean: 다투다 (datuda), 싸우다 (ssauda)


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شه‌ڕ کردن
 * Lao: ,
 * Latgalian:, ,
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: cīnīties, kauties
 * Lithuanian: kautis, muštis, peštis, grumtis
 * Maltese: ġlieda
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old English:
 * Persian: آوریدن, آفندیدن, پیکار, جنك
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: com/contra
 * Romanian:, se bate
 * Romansch: lutgar
 * Russian:,  ,  wrestle,   in a duel or bttle
 * Scottish Gaelic: cog, sabaid
 * Slovak: boj
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: chiến đấu
 * Welsh: brwydro
 * West Frisian: fjochtsje
 * Yiddish: קעמפֿן (kemfn)
 * Yiddish: קעמפֿן (kemfn)


 * Basque: borrokatu, borroka egin
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:,  voor
 * Finnish: taistella, tsempata
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: berjast
 * Japanese: 戦う / 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)


 * Khmer: (dtor-sū)
 * Latvian: cīnīties
 * Norwegian: kjempe for
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: taistella
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: 戦う / 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cog, sabaid
 * Swahili:


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: borrokatu, borroka egin
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: udkæmpe
 * Dutch:, vechten ,
 * Estonian: sõdima
 * Finnish: taistella
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek: (polemó)
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Icelandic: berjast við
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 対決 (たいけつする, taiketsu-suru), 戦う / 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)


 * Khmer: (bprəyŭt)
 * Korean: 싸우다 (ssauda)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: cīnīties
 * Lithuanian: kovoti, kautis
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old French: ,
 * Portuguese: combater,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: cumbatter
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cog, sabaid
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Armenian: պայքարել (payk'arel)
 * Basque: aurka egin
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bekæmpe
 * Dutch:, bekampen
 * Estonian: võitlema
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (katapolemó)
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Icelandic: berjast gegn


 * Italian: lottare contro
 * Japanese: 戦う / 闘う (たたかう, tatakau)
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: bekjempe
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: lutar contra, combater, enfrentar
 * Romanian: a
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: bekämpa

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: borroka, borrokaldi
 * Catalan: lluita, combat
 * Chinese: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: taistelu, tappelu
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: slagur, bardagi


 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شه‌ڕ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: cīņa, kauja
 * Lithuanian: kova, muštynės, grumtynės
 * Norwegian: slåsskamp
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cogadh, sabaid ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: gudu, bataila
 * Chinese: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 戦闘 (sentô)


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: شه‌ڕ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kauja, cīņa
 * Lithuanian: kova, mūšis
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: bój
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cogadh, sabaid , blàr
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: gevecht, boel
 * Finnish: tappelu, taistelu
 * French:
 * German: Keilerei
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 喧嘩 (けんか, kenka)
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: kautiņš
 * Lithuanian: muštynės, peštynės, grumtynės
 * Norwegian: slåsskamp
 * Polish: starcie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cogadh, sabaid ,
 * Swahili:


 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kamppailu, (ottelu)
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: bardagi, slagur
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 試合 (しあい, shiai)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Armenian: պայքար (payk'ar)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech: bojovnost
 * Dutch: vechtlust
 * Finnish: taistelutahto
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: ファイト (faito), 闘志 (tōshi), 戦意 (sen'i)


 * Norwegian: stridslyst
 * Polish: bojowość
 * Portuguese: combatividade
 * Swahili: