battling

The word “battling” has 2 syllables: bat-tling

It's pronounced as /ˈbætəlɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for battling?

In the thesaurus, “battling” has 143 synonyms and 65 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for battling along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for battling

acidic
aggressive
agonistic
antagonistic
argumentative
assaultive
baffling
banging
bashing
battering
batting
bearish
beating
bellicose
belligerent
belting
bilious
bludgeoning
bopping
boxing
brawling
brawly
bristly
buffeting
bumping
challenging
checkmating
chippy
choleric
clobbering
colliding
combating
combative
combatting
competing
confrontational
confronting
contending
contentious
countering
crabby
cranky
cross
defying
disagreeable
discordant
disputatious
dueling
duelling
dyspeptic
emulating
encountering
engaging
facing
facing off
feisty
fierce
fighting
foiling
fractious
fretful
frustrating
gladiatorial
going out
grappling
grouchy
grumpy
hammering
hitting
hostile
hot-tempered
huffy
ill-humored
ill-natured
ill-tempered
irascible
irritable
jockeying
jostling
jousting
knocking
maneuvering
meeting
militant
opposing
oppugning
ornery
pasting
peevish
pettish
petulant
playing
pounding
prickly
pugnacious
punching
quarrelsome
querulous
racing
resisting
rivaling
rivalling
rude
savage
scrappy
scuffling
slamming
slapping
slogging
slugging
smacking
smiting
snappish
snappy
socking
sparring
striking
stroppy
surly
swatting
swiping
taking on
testy
thumping
thwacking
thwarting
touchy
training
truculent
trying out
tussling
ugly
vicious
vying
walloping
warlike
warring
waspish
whacking
whaling
withstanding
working
wrestling

Antonyms for battling

abiding
advancing
advocating
affable
amiable
amicable
anti-imperialist
antimilitarist
backing
bearing
benevolent
benign
calm
championing
complaisant
conciliatory
cordial
cultivating
easygoing
eluding
encouraging
endorsing
enduring
escaping
evading
forwarding
fostering
friendly
furthering
genial
gentle
giving up
good-natured
good-tempered
gracious
indorsing
ingratiating
kindhearted
kindly
mild
nonaggressive
nonbelligerent
nourishing
nurturing
obliging
pacific
peaceable
peaceful
pleasant
promoting
quiet
relaxed
retreating
serene
sociable
submitting
suffering
supporting
surrendering
tranquil
unbelligerent
uncombative
uncontentious
unwarlike
upholding

Meanings of battling

noun
1. A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
2. That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.
adjective
1. Nourishing; fattening.
2. Fertile.
verb
1. To join in battle; to contend in fight.
2. To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
3. To nourish; feed.
4. To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful.

Example Sentences

They were battling harsh weather conditions all night.
She kept battling illness with incredible strength.
The teams are battling for the championship title.
Firefighters spent hours battling the massive blaze.
He’s been battling self-doubt since the project began.

On this page you'll find 208 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to battling, such as: abiding, acidic, advancing, advocating, affable, aggressive, agonistic.

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