fights
Clashes between opponents
Fights is the plural of fight—physical or verbal conflicts between opposing parties: schoolyard fights, fights over money.
It also names competitive bouts: boxing fights, MMA fights.
As a verb, fights means engages in conflict or struggle: She fights for what she believes in, The patient fights the disease.
Strike with fist
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
- tussleBrief physical struggle
- fistfightHand-to-hand combat
fracas · altercation · kerfuffle · donnybrook · roughhouse · slugfest · haymaker · dust-up
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
spat · tiff · wrangle · row · feud · falling-out · blowup · confrontation
Combat engagement area
- soldierArmed forces member
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- infantryGround combat troops
tactics · siege · artillery · ambush · guerrilla · frontline · trench · platoon
Public expression of disapproval
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
uprising · revolt · boycott · activism · insurgency · stand · pushback · demonstration
Closed curve shape
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- jabQuick, straight blow
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
round · referee · heavyweight · sparring · punching · cornerman · hook · bout
Japanese unarmed combat discipline
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- jiu-jitsuJapanese submission-based combat
- kickboxingMartial art combining punches, leg strikes
kendo · capoeira · dojo · sparring · belt · submission · grappling · kata
Armed military engagement
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- challengeTest of ability
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
perseverance · grit · resilience · survival · endurance · overcoming · trial · tribulation
punch
Strike with fist
fistfight · fracas · altercation · kerfuffle · donnybrook · roughhouse · slugfest · haymaker · dust-up · free-for-all
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
bickering · spat · tiff · wrangle · row · feud · falling-out · blowup · confrontation · clash
battlefield
Combat engagement area
infantry · tactics · siege · artillery · ambush · guerrilla · frontline · trench · platoon · skirmish
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- dissentDisagreement with authority
rebellion · uprising · revolt · boycott · activism · insurgency · stand · pushback · demonstration · strike
ring
Closed curve shape
uppercut · round · referee · heavyweight · sparring · punching · cornerman · hook · bout · champion
karate
Japanese unarmed combat discipline
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- jiu-jitsuJapanese submission-based combat
kickboxing · kendo · capoeira · dojo · sparring · belt · submission · grappling · kata · sensei
battle
Armed military engagement
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- challengeTest of ability
ordeal · perseverance · grit · resilience · survival · endurance · overcoming · trial · tribulation · grinding
- conflictsargument, war, battle, dispute, conflict
- relationship problemsaffair, disloyalty, adultery, unfaithfulness, cheating
- high schoolhigh school, teachers, classroom, classrooms, principal
- householdhome, house, kitchen, apartment, bathroom
- breakupsbreakup, breaking up, dumped, dumping, it's over
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
fightstruces
Agreements to cease fighting
peace · ceasefires · armistices · reconciliations · peacemaking
fightssurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
capitulates · yields · submits · gives up · concedes
fightsreconciles
Resolves differences between parties
makes peace · cooperates · collaborates · truces · peacemaking
- fight backOppose an attacker
- fight offResist and defeat
- fist fightPhysical altercation using fists
- pick a fightIntentionally provoke a quarrel
- pillow fightMock battle with bedding
- fighting backOpposing when attacked
fight, fighting, fighter, fighters, fight back, fight off, fight it out