fight back

Questions about fight back

What does fight back mean?

fight back means "defend oneself". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fight back?

Close synonyms include fight, oppose, fight down, defend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fight back a common word?

fight back is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.