battle — OAT · Shobdo

battle

noun

1 the battle raged throughout the night:

fight, conflict, armed conflict, clash, struggle, skirmish, engagement, dogfight, affray, fray, encounter, confrontation;

contest, meeting, collision, duel;

tussle, scuffle, melee, fracas;

war, campaign, crusade;

fighting, warfare, combat, action, hostilities;

informal scrap, shoot-out.

▷antonyms truce, peace.

2 a legal battle to overturn a music license ban:

conflict, clash, contest, competition, struggle;

disagreement, argument, dispute, controversy, debate;

dissension, altercation, strife.

verb

1 he has been battling against illness:

fight, combat, contend with;

resist, withstand, stand up to, put up a fight against, confront;

war, feud;

struggle, strive, campaign, work, toil.

▷antonyms give up, give in.

2 Mark battled his way back to the bar:

scramble, struggle, labor;

fight, elbow, push.