Let's not argue for the sake of arguing.
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Argue
//ˈɑː.ɡjuː//
Synonyms for "argue" (195 found)
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3 entriesderived
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1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesmotivated by_goal
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13 entriesTranslations
166 translations across 61 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νεικέω verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Arabic
4 entries- تْدابْزو verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- جَادَلَ verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- حَاجَّ verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- نَاقَشَ verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Armenian
4 entries- պնդել verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- վիճաբանել verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- վիճել verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- վիճել verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Aromanian
1 entries- mi ntsertu verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- mübahisə etmək verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- sözə gəlmək verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Belarusian
3 entries- паспрача́цца verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- спрача́цца verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- спрача́цца verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Bengali
1 entries- তর্ক verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Bulgarian
2 entries- спо́ря verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- спо́ря verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Burmese
1 entries- ရန်ဖြစ် verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Catalan
3 entries- argumentar verb (to present a viewpoint)
- argüir verb (to present a viewpoint)
- discutir verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏘᏲᎯᎭ verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 丫撬 verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- 拗 verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- 拗撬 verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 吵架 verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- 爭辯 /争辩 verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- 辯論 /辩论 verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Czech
4 entries- argumentovat verb (to present a viewpoint)
- debatovat verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- diskutovat verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- hádat se verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Danish
1 entries- argumentere verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Dutch
2 entries- betogen verb (to present a viewpoint)
- redetwisten verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Finnish
4 entries- argumentoida verb (to present a viewpoint)
- esittää verb (to present a viewpoint)
- kiistellä verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- osoittaa verb (to show grounds for concluding, indicate, imply)
French
4 entries- affirmer verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- débattre verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- se disputer verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- se quereller verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Georgian
4 entries- განხილვა verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- კამათი verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- კამათი verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- კამათობს verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
German
4 entries- argumentieren verb (to present a viewpoint)
- diskutieren verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- erörtern verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- streiten verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Gullah
1 entries- aa’gyfy verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Hebrew
2 entries- התווכח \ הִתְוַכֵּחַ verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- טען verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Hungarian
4 entries- kifejt verb (to present a viewpoint)
- vitatkozik verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- vitatkozik verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- vitázik verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Indonesian
2 entries- membantahkan verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- memperdebatkan verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Ingrian
2 entries- riijellä verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- riijellä verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Irish
1 entries- áitigh verb (to show grounds for concluding, indicate, imply)
Italian
4 entries- argomentare verb (to present a viewpoint)
- contestare verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- dibattere verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- discutere verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Japanese
3 entries- 論ずる verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- 議論する verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- 議論する verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- briga verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- brigá verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- diskuti verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- diskutí verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Khmer
1 entries- ឈ្លោះ verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Korean
2 entries- 논하다 verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- 의논하다 verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Latin
1 entries- iurgō verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Malayalam
1 entries- വാദിക്കുക verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Marathi
1 entries- भांडणे verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Mongolian
1 entries- маргах verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Ngazidja Comorian
2 entries- umana verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- ushinɗana verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- argumentere verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Old English
3 entries- flītan verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- flītan verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- reċċan verb (to present a viewpoint)
Persian
1 entries- دعوا کردن verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Polish
3 entries- argumentować verb (to present a viewpoint)
- posprzeczać się verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- sprzeczać się verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Portuguese
4 entries- arguir verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- argumentar verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- argumentar verb (to present a viewpoint)
- brigar verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Quechua
1 entries- maqanakuy verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Romanian
4 entries- a aduce argumente verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- certa verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- discuta verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- pleda verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Russian
4 entries- аргументи́ровать verb (to present a viewpoint)
- обсужда́ть verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- спо́рить verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- спо́рить verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Sardinian
3 entries- allegare verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- brigare verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- pretare verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- connsaich verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- connsaich verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sporiti verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- спорити verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Slovene
1 entries- prepirati se verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Spanish
4 entries- altercar verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- argumentar verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- argumentar verb (to present a viewpoint)
- debatir verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Swedish
3 entries- argumentera verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- gräla verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- hävda verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⵏⵏⴰⵖ verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Thai
3 entries- ถก verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- ทะเลาะ verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- เถียง verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Turkish
4 entries- kavga etmek verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- münakaşa etmek verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- tartışmak verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- tartışmak verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Ukrainian
3 entries- аргументува́ти verb (to present a viewpoint)
- спереча́тися verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
- спо́рити verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Venetan
1 entries- begar verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cãi verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- tranh luận verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Walloon
4 entries- si disburtiner verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- si dispetroner verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- si dispiter verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
- si margayî verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Welsh
1 entries- dadlau verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
White Hmong
1 entries- sib cav verb (to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 吵相罵 /吵相骂 verb (to have an argument, a quarrel)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
There's no need for us to argue about this.
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Some people argue that technology has negative effects.
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Let's not argue anymore.
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