· the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

Synonym(s): wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand_struggle

Hypernym(s): struggle

· combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"

Hypernym(s): battle, combat

· engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"

Hypernym(s): consider, debate, moot, turn_over, deliberate

· to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

Synonym(s): writhe, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist

Hypernym(s): move

· engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"

Hypernym(s): contend, fight, struggle