Synonyms of the word

spar

• n. A rafter of a roof.
• n. A thick pole or piece of wood.
• n. (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
• n. (nautical) A general term denoting any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
• n. (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
• v. (obsolete or dialectal) to bolt, bar.
• v. (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
• v. To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
• v. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
• v. To contest in words; to wrangle.
• n. (mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent blee, which…
• n. (mineralogy) Any crystal with no readily discernible faces.

argue

• v. (obsolete) To prove.
• v. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
• v. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
• v. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
• v. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

box

• n. A cuboid space; a container, usually with a hinged lid.
• n. As much as fills a such a container.
• n. A compartment of a storage furniture, or of a part of such a furniture, such as of a drawer, shelving,…
• n. A compartment to sit in at a theater, courtroom, or auditorium.
• n. A small rectangular shelter like a booth.
• n. A rectangle.
• n. An input field on an interactive electronic display.
• n. A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements.
• n. A trap or predicament.
• n. The driver's seat on a coach.
• n. (cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn by a batsman or close fielder inside the underpants.
• n. (engineering) A cylindrical casing around for example a bearing or gland.
• n. (soccer) The penalty area.
• n. (computing, slang) A computer, or the case in which it is housed.
• n. (slang, with the) Television.
• n. (slang, vulgar) The vagina.
• n. (euphemistic) Coffin.
• n. (juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike…
• n. Horse box.
• n. (baseball) The rectangle in which the batter stands.
• n. A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
• n. (dated) A small country house.
• n. (informal) box lacrosse.
• n. (genetics) One of two specific regions in a promoter.
• v. (transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in boxes.
• v. (transitive, usually with 'in') To hem in.
• v. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.
• v. (transitive) To mix two containers of paint of similar color to ensure that the color is identical.
• v. (transitive) To furnish (e.g. a wheel) with boxes.
• v. (architecture) To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
• v. (transitive) To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
• n. Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Buxus.
• n. Boxwood: the wood from a box tree.
• n. (Australia) Species of Lophostemon.
• n. (slang) A musical instrument, especially/usually one made from boxwood.
• n. A blow with the fist.
• v. (transitive) To strike with fists; to punch.
• v. (transitive) To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
• v. (intransitive) To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

boxing

• v. present participle of box.
• n. (sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists, the object being to score more…
• n. Material used for making boxes or casing.
• n. (construction) Casing.
• n. (object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a…
• v. present participle of box.

contend

• v. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
• v. To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
• v. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

debate

• n. (obsolete) Strife, discord.
• n. An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people,…
• n. An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
• n. (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
• n. (Frequently in French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fight.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
• v. (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide.

equip

• v. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever…
• v. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.

fence

• n. A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
• n. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods,…
• n. Skill in oral debate.
• n. The art or practice of fencing.
• n. A guard or guide on machinery.
• n. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
• n. (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
• v. (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
• v. (transitive) To defend or guard.
• v. (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
• v. (intransitive, sports) To engage in (the sport) fencing.
• v. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.

fight

• v. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
• v. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
• v. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
• v. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
• v. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
• n. An occasion of fighting.
• n. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
• n. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
• n. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
• n. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
• n. The will or ability to fight.
• n. (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.

fisticuffs

• n. plural of fisticuff.
• n. (plural only, informal) An impromptu fight with the fists, usually between only two people.
• n. (plural only, sports, dated) Bare-knuckled boxing, a form of boxing done without boxing gloves or similar…

fit

• adj. Suitable, proper.
• adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
• adj. In good shape; physically well.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
• adj. Prepared; ready.
• v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
• v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
• v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
• v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
• v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
• v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
• v. (transitive) To make ready.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
• v. To be proper or becoming.
• v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
• n. The degree to which something fits.
• n. Conformity of elements one to another.
• n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
• n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
• n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
• n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
• n. A seizure or convulsion.
• n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
• n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
• n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

mineral

• n. (geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition…
• n. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
• n. (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
• n. (Britain) Mineral water.
• n. (Ireland, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
• n. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
• adj. of, related to, or containing minerals.

outfit

• n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
• n. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
• n. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
• n. (informal) A business or firm.
• n. (sports) A sports team.
• n. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
• v. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

pole

• n. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for…
• n. (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
• n. A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole-vaulting.
• n. (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
• n. (historical) A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).
• n. (motor racing) Pole position.
• v. To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
• v. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.
• v. (transitive) To convey on poles.
• v. (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.
• n. Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other…
• n. A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north…
• n. (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
• n. (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or…
• n. (obsolete) The firmament; the sky.
• n. Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.
• v. (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

pugilism

• n. fighting with fists, boxing.

sparring

• n. The act of one who spars.
• v. present participle of spar.

struggle

• n. Strife, contention, great effort.
• v. To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
• v. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.