struggles

Noun

• an energetic attempt to achieve something
• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); --Thomas Paine
• strenuous effort
• plural of struggle

Verb

• make a strenuous or labored effort
• to exert strenuous effort against opposition
• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
• third-person singular simple present indicative of struggle

Synonyms

battle, clamber, conflict, contend, fight, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle