Fight definition

Fight as a noun

1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

   Same sense: battle, conflict, engagement

2. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

   "a fight broke out at the hockey game"

   Same sense: fighting, combat, scrap

3. an aggressive willingness to compete

   "the team was full of fight"

   Same sense: competitiveness

4. an intense verbal dispute

   "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"

5. a boxing or wrestling match

   "the fight was on television last night"

Fight as a verb

6. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

   "Siblings are always fighting"

   Same sense: struggle, contend

7. fight against or resist strongly

   "Don't fight it!"

   Same sense: fight back, fight down, defend, oppose

8. make a strenuous or labored effort

   Same sense: struggle

9. 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

   Same sense: press, campaign, push, crusade, agitate

Synonyms and antonyms

• battle
• conflict
• engagement
• fighting
• combat
• scrap
• competitiveness
• struggle
• contend
• fight back
• fight down
• defend
• oppose
• press definition
• campaign
• push
• crusade
• agitate

All synonyms of fight, sense by sense

How to say fight

Fight has 1 syllable and rhymes with right. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with fight

• right
• might
• night
• white
• light
• quite
• site
• write
• tonight
• despite
• flight
• bright

FIGHT in word games

Scrabble

12

Words With Friends

12

Anagrams

0

Is FIGHT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FIGHT in the word checker, or unscramble FIGHT to see the shorter words in its letters.