a battle or combat.

any contest or struggle

a fight for recovery from an illness.

an angry argument or disagreement

Whenever we discuss politics, we end up in a fight.

Boxing . a bout or contest.

a game or diversion in which the participants hit or pelt each other with something harmless

a pillow fight; a water fight.

ability, will, or inclination to fight

There was no fight left in him.

to engage in battle or in single combat; attempt to defend oneself against or to subdue, defeat, or destroy an adversary.

to contend in any manner; strive vigorously for or against something

He fought bravely against despair.

to contend with in battle or combat; war against

England fought Germany.

to contend with or against in any manner

to fight despair; to fight the passage of a bill.

to carry on (a battle, duel, etc.).

to maintain (a cause, quarrel, etc.) by fighting or contending.

to make (one's way) by fighting or striving.

to cause or set (a boxer, animal, etc.) to fight.

to manage or maneuver (troops, ships, guns, planes, etc.) in battle. ?

fight it out

to fight until a decision is reached

Let them fight it out among themselves.

fight shy of. shy 1 ( def. 12 ) .

fight with windmills. tilt 1 ( def. 17 ) .

noun

peace

verb

agree , make peace , surrender , yield , believe , support , uphold

noun

action , affray , altercation , argument , battle , battle royal * , bout , brawl , broil , brush , clash , combat , conflict , confrontation , contention , contest , controversy , difficulty , disagreement , dispute , dissension , dogfight , duel , engagement , exchange , feud , fisticuffs * , fracas , fray , free-for-all * , fuss , hostility , joust , match , melee , quarrel , riot , rivalry , round , row , ruckus , rumble , scrap * , scrimmage , scuffle , set-to * , skirmish , sparring match , strife , struggle , tiff , to-do * , tussle , war , wrangling , aggression , aggressiveness , attack , backbone , belligerence , boldness , combativeness , gameness , hardihood , mettle , militancy , pluck , pugnacity , resistance , spirit , fistfight , fisticuffs , scrap , bicker , debate , polemic , run-in , spat , squabble , word , wrangle , bellicoseness , bellicosity , belligerency , contentiousness , pugnaciousness , truculence , truculency , bellicose , belligerence. associatedwords: militant , belligerent , combative , contretemps , crossfire , crusade , donnybrook , encounter , friction , mle , pugnacious , sciamachy , scrimmage (colloq.) , vendetta

verb

altercate , assault , attack , bandy with , battle , bear arms , bicker , box , brawl , brush with , buck , carry on war , challenge , clash , contend , cross swords , dispute , do battle , duel , exchange blows , feud , flare up , go to war , grapple , joust , meet , mix it up , oppugn , ply weapons , protect , quarrel , repel , resist , rowdy , scrap , scuffle , skirmish , spar , strive , struggle , take all comers , take the field , take up the gauntlet , tiff * , tilt * , traverse , tug , tussle , wage war , war , withstand , wrangle , wrestle , argue , buck * , buckle down * , carry on , combat , conduct , contest , continue , defy , effect , endure , engage in , exert oneself , fall out , force , further , hammer away , hassle , lay into * , light into * , maintain , make a stand against , oppose , persevere , persist , prosecute , push forward , put up an argument , row , spare no effort , squabble , stand up to , support , take on , take pains , tangle with , toil on , travail , uphold , wage , quibble , spat , tiff , tilt , affair , affray , altercation , argument , bout , brush , conflict , confrontation , content , controversy , cope with , debate , disagreement , encounter , exchange , fracas , fray , grit , impugn , melee , mettle , militate , retaliate , rivalry , rumble , spirit , tilt at