I don't mean to challenge your theory.
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Challenge
//ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "challenge" (358 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (72)
affrontappeal toarouseaskask foraskingattackawake a doubtawakenbafflebalkbanterbattle crybe contrary tobe diffidentbe doubtfulbe dubiousbe skepticalbe uncertainbeard
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becallbeefbeggarbeliebestirbid defiancebid to combatbitchblackmailblastboggleboycottbravebreastbring beforebring forwardbring upbringing into questionbuckingcallcall forcall in questioncall into questioncall outcallingcartelcatechetical methodcatechizationcatechizingcheckmatecircumventclaimclaimingclamor forcombative reactioncompetecompete withcomplaincomplain loudlycomplaintcompunctionconfoundconfrontconfront withconfrontationcontend withcontentioncontest
Strong matches (107)
contradictcontradictioncontrapositioncontraventioncontraversioncontrovertcopecountercounteractcounteractioncountermandcounterworkcounterworkingcrosscrosscurrentcrossingcry forcry out againstdaredash
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declaration of wardeclare wardefeatdefidefiancedefydemanddemandingdemonstratedemonstrate againstdemonstrationdemurdemurraldemurrerdenialdenydestroydifficultydisclaimdiscomfitdisconcertdiscountenancedishdisputedisruptdissentdissentiencedistrustdouble daredouble-daredoubteludeemulateencounterenter a protestenvisageexactexactingexaminationexceptionexpostulateexpostulationextortfaceface downface outface up toface withflummoxfoilfractiousnessfrontfrustrategagegage of battlegainsaygamblegantletgauntletglovegreet with skepticismgrievancegrievance committeehalf believeharbor suspicionshave reservationshead windhollerhowlimpeachimposeimpugnimpugnationimpugnmentimputationindentindignation meetinginquiringinsistenceinterpellationinterrogation
Related words (179)
invitationinviteissue an ultimatumjockeykickkick againstkindleknock the chockslay beforelay claim tolevylevy war onmake a demandmake a standmake war onmarchmeetmeet head onmeet head-onmeet squarely
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misgivemistrustnegatenegationnegativismnoncooperationnonplusnonviolent protestobjectobject toobjectionobstinacyoffer resistanceopen hostilitiesopposeopposingoppositionopposureoppugnoppugnationorderorder upoutdareoutviepassive resistanceperplexpicketpicketingplace an orderplace beforeplaypostulatepresentpresent topress objectionspretendpretend toprobingproblemprotestprotest demonstrationprotestationprovocationprovokepumpingput in requisitionput it toqualmqueryqueryingquestionquestioningquizquizzingraise a howlraise a questionrallyreactionrebelrebel yellrebuffrebutrebutmentrebuttalrecalcitrancerecalcitrancyrecalcitraterecalcitrationrefractorinessrefusalrejectrejectionreluctreluctanceremonstranceremonstrateremonstrationrenitencerenitencyrepellencerepellencyrepulserepulsionrequirerequisitionresistancerevoltrivalrouseruinsabotagescotchscream defiancescrewscrupleseekingset beforeshow fightsit insit-insmell a ratsocratic methodsolicitspikespoilsquawkstandstand at baystand in the waystand up againststand up tostanding againststare downstate a grievancestemstimulationstirstonewallstrikestrivestrive againststrugglestumpsummonsummonssuspecttaketake exception totake with a grain of saltteach inteach-intesttest one anotherthrow doubt uponthwarttraversaltraversetreat with reservetrialtryultimatumuncooperativenessundercurrentupsetventurevievie withwakewakenwarwar crywar whoopwarnwhetwithstandwithstandingyell bloody murder
Verb(2 words)
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
5 entriesderived
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
entails
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
Translations
276 translations across 60 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- nxit verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρόκλησις noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Arabic
4 entries- التَّحَدِّي noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- التَّحَدِّي noun (difficult task)
- تَحَدٍّ noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- تَحَدٍّ noun (difficult task)
Armenian
3 entries- կոչ noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- մարտահրավեր noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- մրցահրավեր noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Asturian
4 entries- desafíu noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- retu noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- desafiar verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- retar verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Belarusian
1 entries- вы́клік noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Bikol Central
2 entries- agyat noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- agyat verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отвод noun (the act of seeking to remove a judge)
- предизви́кване noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- предизвика́телство noun (difficult task)
- възразя́вам verb (to make a formal objection to a juror)
Catalan
3 entries- desafiament noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- repte noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- desafiar verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ verb (to dare someone)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 挑戰 /挑战 noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- 挑戰 /挑战 noun (difficult task)
- 難題 /难题 noun (difficult task)
Czech
3 entries- výzva noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- výzva noun (difficult task)
- vyzvat verb (to dare someone)
Danish
3 entries- udfordring noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- udfordre verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- udfordre verb (to dare someone)
Dutch
4 entries- uitdaging noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- uitdaging noun (difficult task)
- bekritiseren verb (to dispute something)
- betwisten verb (to dispute something)
Esperanto
4 entries- defio noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- defio noun (difficult task)
- defii verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- defii verb (to dare someone)
Estonian
4 entries- katsumus noun (difficult task)
- proovikivi noun (difficult task)
- takistatus noun (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit)
- väljakutse noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Finnish
4 entries- esteellisyysperuste noun (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit)
- haaste noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- haaste noun (difficult task)
- jäävi noun (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit)
French
4 entries- chalenge noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- chalenge noun (difficult task)
- challenge noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- défi noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Galician
4 entries- desfiamento noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- devandiña noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- reto noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- desafiar verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Georgian
1 entries- გამოწვევა noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
German
4 entries- (schwierige) Aufgabe noun (difficult task)
- Herausforderung noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- Herausforderung noun (difficult task)
- herausfordern verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Greek
4 entries- πρόκληση noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- πρόκληση noun (difficult task)
- προκαλώ verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- προκαλώ verb (to dare someone)
Hebrew
3 entries- אֶתְגָּר noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- אֶתְגָּר noun (difficult task)
- אתגר verb (to dare someone)
Hindi
4 entries- चुनौती noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- चुनौती noun (difficult task)
- ललकारना verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- ललकारना verb (to dare someone)
Hungarian
4 entries- (nehéz) feladat noun (difficult task)
- elfogultsági kifogás noun (the act of seeking to remove a judge)
- erőpróba noun (difficult task)
- felszólítás noun (the act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.)
Icelandic
1 entries- áskorun noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Indonesian
4 entries- tantangan noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- tantangan noun (difficult task)
- menantang verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- menantang verb (to dare someone)
Irish
2 entries- dúshlán noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- tabhair dúshlán verb (to dare someone)
Italian
4 entries- impresa noun (difficult task)
- ricusazione noun (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit)
- sfida noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- sfida noun (difficult task)
Japanese
4 entries- チャレンジ noun (difficult task)
- 挑戦 noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- 挑戦 noun (difficult task)
- 誰何 noun (the act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.)
Khmer
2 entries- ឧបសគ្គ noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- ឧបសគ្គ noun (difficult task)
Korean
4 entries- 도전 noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- 도전 noun (difficult task)
- 챌린지 noun (difficult task)
- 도전하다 verb (to dare someone)
Latin
3 entries- prōvocātiō noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- prōvocō verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- prōvocō verb (to dare someone)
Latvian
1 entries- izaicinājums noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Lithuanian
1 entries- iššūkis noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Macedonian
1 entries- предизвик noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Malay
2 entries- cabaran noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- cabar verb (to dare someone)
Malayalam
3 entries- വെല്ലുവിളി noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- വെല്ലുവിളി noun (difficult task)
- വെല്ലുവിളിക്കുക verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Mongolian
1 entries- төвөгтэй асуудал noun (difficult task)
Māori
4 entries- mātātaki verb (to dispute something)
- tuma verb (to dispute something)
- whakahorohoro verb (to dispute something)
- whakapātari verb (to dispute something)
Norman
2 entries- d'fi noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- d'fi noun (difficult task)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utfordring noun (difficult task)
Old English
1 entries- beclipian verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Persian
2 entries- چالش noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- چالش noun (difficult task)
Polish
4 entries- wyzwanie noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- wyzwanie noun (difficult task)
- ośmielić verb (to dare someone)
- wyzwać verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Portuguese
4 entries- desafio noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- desafio noun (difficult task)
- incentivo noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- desafiar verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Romanian
4 entries- provocare noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- provocare noun (difficult task)
- contesta verb (to dispute something)
- provoca verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Russian
4 entries- вы́зов noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- вы́зов noun (difficult task)
- испыта́ние noun (difficult task)
- сло́жная зада́ча noun (difficult task)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dùbhlan noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- ȉzazōv noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- и̏зазо̄в noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- izazvati verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Spanish
4 entries- desafío noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- desafío noun (difficult task)
- disputa noun (sports: an attempt to take possession)
- impugnación noun (the act of appealing a ruling or decision)
Swahili
4 entries- changa moto noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- changa moto noun (difficult task)
- changa moto noun (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit)
- changa moto verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Swedish
4 entries- jäv noun (judge's interest in the result of the case for which they should not be allowed to sit)
- utmaning noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- utmaning noun (difficult task)
- ifrågasätta verb (to dispute something)
Tagalog
4 entries- hamon noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- hamon noun (difficult task)
- hamunin verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
- hamunin verb (to dare someone)
Tamil
2 entries- சவால் noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- சவால் noun (difficult task)
Thai
4 entries- ความท้าทาย noun (difficult task)
- คำท้า noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- คำท้าทาย noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- ท้า verb (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́клик noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- ви́клик noun (difficult task)
- пробле́ма noun (difficult task)
- складна́ задача́ noun (difficult task)
Urdu
4 entries- آزمائش noun (difficult task)
- تحدی noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- دشواری noun (difficult task)
- مشکل noun (difficult task)
Vietnamese
4 entries- thách thức noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- thách thức noun (difficult task)
- thách đố noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- thử thách noun (difficult task)
Welsh
3 entries- her noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
- her noun (difficult task)
- heriau noun (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
Whatever the outcome, you must meet the challenge.
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The traveler stopped at the soldier's challenge.
Source: tatoeba (43471)
This problem is a real challenge.
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