Argument

/ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/

Synonyms for "argument" (351 found)

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Closest matches (71)

Noun(15 words)

contentionline of reasoningagon altercations arguing argumentation assertion barneys basiscentral ideachain of reasoningclaim confrontation contestation controversies

action addend affray altercation anagnorisis angle answer antilogarithm apologetics apologia apology architectonics architecture argumentation argumentum assertion atmosphere background barney base

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Verb(1 words)

assemble proof

Strong matches (105)

controversy cosine cotangent counterstatement cubecut and thrustdebate decimal defence defense demurrer denial denominator denouement derivative design determinant development device difference

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differential disagreement discriminate discussion disputation dispute dissension dividend divisor donnybrookdonnybrook faireelement elenchus embroilment encounter enmity episode equation evidence exception exchange exponent exponential fable factor fallacyfalling actionfalling-out feud fight fighting flap fliting flyting formula foundation fracas fray friction function fuss gimmick ground hassle head hostility hubbub hurrahhysteron proteroniignoratio elenchiimbroglio incident increment index integralkilkenny catsline litigationlocal colorlogic

Noun(18 words)

controversy debate debates debating disceptation disputation disputations dispute disputes disputing dustup fights fracasesinput valueissue justification lineliterary argument

Verb(3 words)

demonstrate conceptdemonstrate methodsdiffer in opinion

Adjective(2 words)

independent variablelegal dispute

Related words (175)

Noun(38 words)

logiclogical argumentlogos operand operands parameter parameters persuasion premisepresent a caseproofproof item propositionproves a pointquarrel quarrelling quarrels reasonrow sow seedsrows scuffles

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signify a differenceskirmish skirmishessolution parametersparring spat spats spatting squabbles statement subject supporttear uptheme tilt topic tussles wrangles

Adjective(5 words)

logical demonstrationmoral stancemusical discordverbal disputewritten argumentation

logomachy matrix matter minuend misunderstanding mood moonshine motif motive movement multiple multiplier mythosnon sequiturnorm numerator objectionopen quarrelpaper warparalogism

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parameterpassage of armsperipeteia permutation pi plaidoyer plan plea pleading pleadings plot point polemic polemics polynomial position posture power pro proof proposition prospros and consquarrel quarreling quarrelsomeness quaternion quotient radical radix reason rebuttal reciprocal recognition refutation remainder reply response rhubarb riposterising actionroot row rumpus scene scheme scrap scrapping secantsecondary plotset toset-tosharp wordssineslanging matchslant snarl solecism sophism sophistry spatspecial demurrerspecial pleadingsquabble squabbling stance standpoint statementstatement of defensestory strife structure struggle subjectsubject mattersubmultiple subplot subtrahend summationsumming upswitchtalking pointtangent tensor testimony textthematic developmenttheme thesis tiff title tone topic tussle twist variable variance vector vendettaverbal engagementversine warwar of wordswarfareweak pointwherefore why whyfor words wrangle wrangling

Verb(1 words)

make a difference

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5 relation types

More general

24 entries

abstract thoughtaddress assertioncomputer addressconflict content differencedifference of opiniondisagreement discussion dispute evidencegive-and-takelogiclogical thinkingreasoning

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More specific

11 entries

altercation claimdebate topicdiscussion topicessay topicevidence premisepremise chainrow spat syllogism

Collocations

5 entries

building an argumentlogical argumentpersuasive argumentstrong argumentsupporting argument

Inflections

1 entries

arguments

Derivations

4 entries

arguer argumentation argumentative argumentatively

Translations

107 translations across 49 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἔλεγχος noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Arabic

3 entries

حُجَّة noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
مُرَافَعَة noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
وَسِيط noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Armenian

3 entries

արգումենտ noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
կռվան noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
փաստարկ noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Asturian

1 entries

argumentu noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dəlil noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Belarusian

2 entries

абгрунтава́нне noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
аргуме́нт noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Breton

2 entries

arguz noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
arguzoù noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Bulgarian

3 entries

аргуме́нт noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
аргуме́нт noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
до́вод noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Catalan

2 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

參數 /参数 noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
參量 /参量 noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
引數 /引数 noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
論點 /论点 noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Cornish

3 entries

argyans noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
dadhel noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
oberadow noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Czech

2 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Danish

2 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Dutch

2 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

амал noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Esperanto

2 entries

argumento noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argumento noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Finnish

4 entries

argumentti noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argumentti noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
perustelu noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
syy noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

French

2 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Galician

2 entries

argumento noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argumento noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Georgian

2 entries

არგუმენტი noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
საფუძველი noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

German

2 entries

Argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
Argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Greek

2 entries

επιχείρημα noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
όρισμα noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Gullah

1 entries

aa’gymu’t noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Hebrew

3 entries

ארגומנט noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
טַעֲנָה noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
טיעון noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Hindi

1 entries

तर्क noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Hungarian

1 entries

érv noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Irish

1 entries

argóint noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Italian

2 entries

argomento noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argomento noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Japanese

1 entries

引数 noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Kazakh

2 entries

аргумент noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
дәлел noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Korean

1 entries

인수 noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

далил noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
далилдөө noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
жүйө noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
негиз noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Latin

1 entries

argumentum noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Latvian

1 entries

arguments noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Malay

1 entries

hujah noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Old English

1 entries

racu noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Oromo

1 entries

falmii noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Polish

4 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
dowód noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
powód noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Portuguese

2 entries

argumento noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argumento noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Romanian

1 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Russian

4 entries

аргуме́нт noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
аргуме́нт noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
до́вод noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
обоснова́ние noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

argainn noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Slovene

2 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
utemeljitev noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Spanish

2 entries

argumento noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argumento noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Swedish

2 entries

argument noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
argument noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Turkish

4 entries

delil noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
değişken noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
hüccet noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
kanıt noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Ukrainian

4 entries

аргуме́нт noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
до́від noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
зале́жна змі́нна noun (variable that is being passed to a function)
обґрунтува́ння noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)

Vietnamese

3 entries

lí lẽ noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
lý lẽ noun (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
đối số noun (variable that is being passed to a function)

Sample sentences

47 total sentences available.

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The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.

Source: tatoeba (1936)

Your argument is not any more convincing than that of my stubborn father.

Source: tatoeba (17077)

His argument is more radical than yours.

Source: tatoeba (17273)

From an objective viewpoint, his argument was far from rational.

Source: tatoeba (19900)

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Argument

Synonyms for "argument" (351 found)

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Arabic

Armenian

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Azerbaijani

Belarusian

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Bulgarian

Catalan

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Eastern Mari

Esperanto

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gullah

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Korean

Kyrgyz

Latin

Latvian

Malay

Old English

Oromo

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Scottish Gaelic

Slovene

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Ukrainian

Vietnamese

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