competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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fight
verb
- To engage in a quarrel: argue, bicker, contend, dispute, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle.
Informal: hassle, tangle.
Idioms:
cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See
conflict
- To strive in opposition: battle, combat, contend, duel, struggle, tilt, war, wrestle. See
conflict
noun
- A physical conflict involving two or more: fistfight, fisticuffs, scrap
2, scuffle, tussle.
Slang: rumble. See
conflict
- A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle.
Informal: hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See
conflict
- The power or will to fight: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See
conflict
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