Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hand-to-hand_struggle
1 sense of hand-to-hand struggle
Sense 1
wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle -- (the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully")
=> struggle -- (strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her")