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Synonyms for wrestling

Most common

grappling grapple

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.

Related words

Is a kind of
sport
Other spellings
wrastling

Forms

Plural
wrestlings → grapplings, grapples…

Example sentences

  • grappling We seem to keep grappling with the same old problem.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wrestlingrising
grapplingrising
grapplerising

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

By length

7 letters
grapple2
9 letters
grappling2
11 letters
handygripes

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (grapple2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
lutte
Italiano
lotta
Español
lucha
Deutsch
Kampf
Català
lluita