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Synonyms for scuffle

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

brawl tussle fight quarrel

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Brawl

brawl, tussle, fight, quarrel, dog fight, affray, fray, struggle, contest, rough-and-tumble, scrimmage, set-to informal, scrape, hassle, broil, strive, altercation, feud

Other

scramble, collinear hoe, rixation dated

Verb

1. Shuffle

shuffle, shamble

Other

contend, weed, grub, cultivate, scarify

Antonyms

truce, peace, calm

All antonyms of scuffle →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

  2. v. 1

    To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

Related words

Word family
scuffler
Phrases
scuffle hoe
Is a kind of
hoe implement tool

Forms

Plural
scuffles → brawls, tussles, fights, quarrels…
Past participle
scuffled
e.g. scuffled → shuffled, shambled, contended, weeded…

Example sentences

  • brawl Sami and Farid had a brawl right before Christmas.
  • quarrel The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.
  • tussle Tom and John got into a little tussle this morning.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
scufflerising
brawlrising
quarrelfalling
tusslerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
weed1, feud1, fray1, grub1
5 letters
fight1, brawl1, broil1
6 letters
strive1, hassle2, scrape1, tussle2, affray
7 letters
contest2, contend2, shuffle2, quarrel2, shamble2, scarify
8 letters
struggle2, scramble2, rixation
9 letters
cultivate3, scrimmage2
11 letters
altercation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hassle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
échauffourée