Thesaurus / struggles
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synonyms for struggles
- cope
- try
- toil
- tackle
- seek
- strive
- plug
- assay
- offer
- scratch
- dig
- slave
- grind
- strain
- hassle
- sweat
- undertake
- attempt
- endeavor
- hustle
- take on
- bend over backwards
- exert oneself
- give the old college try
- go all out
- make every effort
- plug away
- take a crack
- take a stab
- work like a dog
- break one's back
- break one's neck
- give it one's best shot
- have one's nose to grindstone
- try one's hardest
- contend
- grapple
- compete
- buck
- shuffle
- romp
- contest
- brawl
- scrap
- scuffle
- smack
- hassle
- battle
- tangle
- slug
- row
- cross swords
- lock horns
- rough-house
- bump heads
- go up against
- put up a fight
antonyms for struggles
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERHe saw her struggles and her tears… the mysterious duality working to possess her soul.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThen followed one of those grim, silent struggles, too deadly serious for oaths and threats.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSIt has been often said that a drowning man in his struggles sees his whole life mirrored before him.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATININose in the dish and elbows above his head, he struggles to divide the leg of a chicken.
CHILD LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYANATOLE FRANCEThe young man was hung first, and the father was compelled to look upon his death struggles.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHY OF PARSON BROWNLOW, THE TENNESSEE PATRIOTWILLIAM GANNAWAY BROWNLOWNo more soft appeals now, but frantic shrieks and fierce struggles for freedom.
BY BIRTH A LADYGEORGE MANVILLE FENNHe picked her up bodily and held her in spite of struggles, just as you or I would hold a cat or a rabbit.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKEIt was piteous to see the poor fool's struggles to regain the reason he had so madly parted with.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 17, NO. 101, MARCH, 1866VARIOUSThe struggles of so many great thinkers, from Thales to Aristotle, all ended in doubt and in despair.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORD