Functioning
Functioning noun - Process or manner of functioning or operating.
Struggle and functioning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Struggle" instead a noun "Functioning".
Struggle
Struggle noun - A forceful effort to reach a goal or objective.
Functioning and struggle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Functioning" instead a noun "Struggle".
Nearby Words: struggled, struggling
Both words in one sentence
- The rest of the film follows their struggle to make their relationship (and subsequent marriage) work with that many children to consider, and how to keep such a large blended family functioning harmoniously.Helen and Frank Beardsley were in fact real people.
Source: Film / Yours, Mine, and Ours -
In Yumi's Cells, which chronicles a woman's brain cells' struggle to keep her functioning, the Naughty Cell occasionally causes a ruckus that the others have to deal with, especially when she's near a coworker she's attracted to.
Source: All Women Are Lustful - This troper has especially seen it with high functioning/low verbal spectrum kids; the struggle to turn thoughts into actual speech can be overwhelmingly difficult and leave them with "blank" as their chief expression.
Source: Emotionless Girl
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Struggle and Functioning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/functioning/struggle
Functioning & Struggle. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/functioning/struggle>.
Struggle or Functioning. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/functioning/struggle.
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