Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fistfight

1 sense of fistfight

Sense 1
fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest -- (a fight with bare fists)
       => fight, fighting, combat, scrap -- (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fistfight

1 sense of fistfight

Sense 1
fistfight -- (fight with the fists; "The man wanted to fist-fight")
       => contend, fight, struggle -- (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country")