Synonyms for Contention

Synonyms for "contention" (231 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Noun(12 words)

argument competition rivalry agon arguing arguments assertion claim claimscommittee dissensioncompetitions contest

altercation antagonism anteposition antipathy antithesis apologetics apologia apology argument argumentation argumentative bellicose belligerence belligerent bicker bickeringblood feudbrawl broil bucking

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captious carping casuistry caviling challenge clash clashing collision combat combative conflict confrontation confrontment contentious contestation

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Noun(12 words)

gainstrife gainstriving jangling premise proposition quarreling rivalries squabbles strife tilt wrangles wrangling

god goddess hassle hasty hate hatredhead windhostility hotheaded hubbub hurrah imbroglio impetuous impugnation impugnment incompatibility incompatibleness inharmoniousness inharmony jangle

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jar lawlessness litigation litigious logomachy malevolence malice malignity militant mischief negation noncooperationopen conflictopen quarrelopposing opposition opposure oppugnationpaper warpassage of armspeppery perversepolar oppositionpolarity polarization polemic polemical polemicsposing againstposition pugnacious quarrel quarrelsome quarrelsomeness race rebutment rebuttal refusal rejection repugnance resistance rhubarb rub rumpus scramble scrappyset toset-tosharp wordsslanging matchsnarl spat spite spitefulness squabblestanding againststorystrained relationsstrife struggle tension thesis tiff traversal truculent tussle undercurrent unharmoniousness unpleasantness variance vendettaverbal engagementwarwar of wordswarfare warlike words wrangle wrangling

Verb(2 words)

make an argumentvying

Adjective(2 words)

musical discordunresolved conflict

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More general

9 entries

assertion asseveration averment conflict differencedifference of opiniondisputegroup actionstatement

More specific

6 entries

contestjurisdictional disputepolicy disputepremise rivalrytheoretical claim

Collocations

5 entries

contention among scholarscontention for leadershipcontention for resourcescontention over policycontention within the department

Inflections

1 entries

contentions

Derivations

3 entries

contentious contentiously contentiousness

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Spread the table, and contention will cease.

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The division of the property was a bone of contention between the brothers.

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The choice of place for holiday turned out to be a real bone of contention in their family this year.

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Dr. Zamenhof didn't give us any rules for the use of punctuation in Esperanto, because he well knew what a bone of contention that would be.

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Contention