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

1 sense of joust

Sense 1
joust, tilt -- (a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances)
       => struggle, battle -- (an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition")

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

1 sense of joust

Sense 1
joust -- (joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback)
       => 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")