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struggle

noun
- an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
Synonyms: battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
Synonyms: battle, conflict - strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
verb
- make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
Synonyms: fight - to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter
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