Synonyms for dogfight

Synonyms for (noun) dogfight

Synonyms: dogfight

Definition: a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)

Similar words: scrap, combat, fight, fighting

Definition: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

Usage: a fight broke out at the hockey game; there was fighting in the streets; the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap


Synonyms: dogfight

Definition: an aerial engagement between fighter planes

Similar words: conflict, battle, engagement, fight

Definition: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

Usage: Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga; he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement


Synonyms: hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, dogfight, tussle

Definition: disorderly fighting

Similar words: scrap, combat, fight, fighting

Definition: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

Usage: a fight broke out at the hockey game; there was fighting in the streets; the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap


Synonyms: dogfight

Definition: a fiercely disputed contest

Usage: their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them; a real dogfight for third place; a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract

Similar words: competition, contest

Definition: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants


Synonyms for (verb) dogfight

Synonyms: dogfight

Definition: engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane

Similar words: combat, battle

Definition: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

Usage: The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq; We must combat the prejudices against other races; they battled over the budget


Synonyms: dogfight

Definition: arrange for an illegal dogfight

Similar words: arrange, stage

Definition: plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

Usage: the neighboring tribe staged an invasion


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