Disagreement

//dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An argument or debate. countable

    "They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise."

  2. 2
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions wordnet
  3. 3
    A condition of not agreeing or concurring. uncountable

    "The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data."

  4. 4
    the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing wordnet
  5. 5
    a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
conflictdiscorddiscordancediscrepancyincongruityinconsistency

Example

More examples

"The chairman did not rule out the possibility of a disagreement."

Etymology

From dis- + agreement or disagree + -ment.

Related phrases

with meant

More for "disagreement"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.