Boxing
Boxing noun - Fighting with the fists.
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Wrestling and boxing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrestling" instead an adjective "Boxing".
Nearby Word: boxer
Wrestling
Wrestling noun - The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
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Synonyms for Wrestling
Boxing and wrestling are semantically related. You can use "Boxing" instead an adjective "Wrestling".
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- Badass Family: His mother, "Redhead" Aileen Eaton, was a promoter of boxing and wrestling.
Source: Wrestling / Gene LeBell - In the first Plissken film, Escape from New York, it's a more conventional boxing/wrestling match he's forced to participate in.
Source: Forced Prize Fight - A weaker form occasionally crops up in more Western works: an unlikely character ends up wiping out someone or two, and explains that their * insert relative here* is a sensei/boxing trainer/wrestling coach/gunslinger, and he/she's always grown up learning karate/boxing/wrestling/marksmanship.
Source: Heir to the Dojo
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Wrestling and Boxing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boxing/wrestling
Boxing & Wrestling. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/boxing/wrestling>.
Wrestling or Boxing. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boxing/wrestling.
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